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State Winter Wheat Production Unchanged from May
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 06/12/2008

Winter wheat production in Wisconsin as of June 1 is expected to total 20.4 million bushels from 300,000 acres this year.

The state's agriculture department reports that the yield forecast is about 68 bushels per acre, which is unchanged from last month's predictions.

The 2007 final production totaled 18.6 million bushels on 270,000 acres, with a yield of 69 bushels per acre.

Nationally, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.82 billion bushels, up two percent from the May 1 forecast and 20 percent above 2007.

Based on June 1 conditions, the U.S. yield is forecast at 45.3 bushels per acre, up 1.0 bushel from last month and 3.1 bushels more than last year. Grain area totals 40.2 million acres, unchanged from May 1.


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