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Illinois Winter Wheat Forecast Up 38 Percent
Illinois Ag Connection - 06/11/2021
Illinois' winter wheat harvested area in 2021 is forecast at 650,000 acres, up 130,000 acres from the previous year.
The winter wheat yield is forecast at 75 bushels per acre, up 7 bushels from 2020.
Production is forecast at 48.75 million bushels, up 38 percent from last year.
Nationally, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.31 billion bushels, up 2 percent from the May 1 forecast, and up 12 percent from 2020. As of June 1, the United States yield is forecast at 53.2 bushels per acre, up 1.1 bushels from last month and up 2.3 bushels from last year's average yield of 50.9 bushels per acre. If realized, the 2021 United States winter wheat yield will be the third highest on record. Record high yields are forecasted in Missouri and Montana. As of May 30, forty- Crop Production (June 2021) 25 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service eight percent of the winter wheat acreage in the 18 major producing States was rated in good to excellent condition, 3 percentage points lower than at the same time last year. Nationally, 79 percent of the winter wheat crop was headed by May 30, one percentage point higher than the 5-year average pace.
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