‘WINTER WHEAT AND RYE, December 1968

Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA

WINTER WHEAT
: hereage seeded 1/ 3 Production
State ' Crops  % Crop : Crop ‘Crop of 19%9% crops * Crop : Crop
8 of = of +: of tasypercent : of i: of of
+ 1963-67 + 1968 + 1969 % Of crop of :1963-67 ? 1968 : 1969 2/
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
2 geres ecres acres Percent, bushels bushels bushels
N.Y. : 220 230 104 80 7,872 > 992
Noe t 51 ee 50 89 bite 1, 305 Ly
Pa. too eS ee eee ee 156_ 12,608 _ 11, ¢ _
Ohio 2 Ther 1,270 ~ “1,003 tose “i 57362 7 36,114
Ind. : 1,272 1,077 O48 B 45,406 35,490 36,024
In. : 1,794 1,556 1,385 89 66,114 53,136 55,400
Mich. : 962 a8 670 8 35, 1018 31, 860 2h,120
Wis. [| ae, ne Bo 8B Ld 1,367. _ L, — 12720. _
Min. 9:7 783 30 20 67 530 vee “60
Towa : 19 50 50 100 1,874 1,550
Mo. : 1,583 1,434 1,176 82 43,028 ey on 35,280
N. Dak. : 3/60 2 lio 98 ,117 23565 2,750
S. Dake : 676 719 THB 6 15,856 26,028 22,440
Nebr. : 3,252 3,332 2,999 90 Th, 9h 1013088 95,968
Kane. = :_11,328 _ IL 83 — 20,886 _ _ 9k 210, 467_ Ba 22g b---
Del. : 23 2 22 65 T3T
Ma. : 16 145 126 87 4,521 4,22k 4, 18
Va. : 188 190 162 85 4,998 5,746 6,642
We. Vae i; 22 19 17 90 sah 456 4h
N.C. : 251 250 225 90 6,123 8,775 9,225
S.C. : 83 no 82 6 2,137 3,016 2,214
Ga. : 90 130 98 5 2,261 3,192 2,450
Fla, to 5 65 A BBL 809. 1- - 379 — 1208). _
Ky. 72 ar hg 55696 6,2 55832
Tenn. 3 200 321 289 90 5,068 7,372 1,205
Ala. : 83 bh 120 83 1,655 2,775 2,400
Miss. : 256 495 322 65 7212 11,232 7,728
Ark. : 437 656 hag 65 11,768 14,200 11,502
La. 3 ne 165 iw. 67 1,665 2,112 1,665
meres /_ hse __ aoa hash 8k goises_ “Bkri50 Tose
a8 tb awe PS et — tO
Mout. 3d ~~ Bere ~ “ots ie 85 sites “86,056 ~ T5"795
Idaho : 901 1,080 8&9 32,112 45,540 39,401
Wyo. 2 258 296 26 90 4,658 7,920 4,788
Colo. : 2,925 3,106 92,702 87 29,980 38,320 29,722
N. Mex. 3 314 339 288 85 4,030 7,625 2,880
Ariz. : 36 5ST 5ST 100 1,462 2,704 2,736
Uteh : 208 236 212 0 4,789 5,936 5,512
Nev. : 8 12 T 58 hob 350 455
Wash. =: 2,232 2,755 2,590 mH 85,727 106,200 98,h20
Oreg. : 812 g80 TT 79 26,105 28,706 25,542
Calif. :__ 326 _ 403 _ 359 89 8,317_ 12,276 _ 11,488
ues. ? 45,633 43,005 1,044,293 1,115,465
a ene 49,38 02-2 -GY1o----.4 278,638 ee

i Total acreage seeded for all purposes. ef Indicated December 1, 1968.

3/ 1964-67 average.
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WINTER WHEAT AND RYE, December 1968 Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA

RYE: Rye seedings in the fall of 1968 totaled 4,0 million acres -- 16
percent above last year, and increasing in all regions. Sharpest
increases were west of the Mississippi River, where a portion of the
reduced wheat acreage was seeded to rye, Seeded acres increased 24
percent from last year in the North Central States, 21 percent in the
South Central States and 22 percent in the Western States. In the
East increases were: 5 percent in the North Atlantic Region and 3 per-
cent in the South Atlantic Region.

Fall weather generally favored seeding. Moisture was adequate for
germination and fall growth of the crop was above average. Rye seeding
was delayed in a few Corn Belt States, particularly Minnesota where
wet soils delayed harvest of fall row crops. Early in the season parts
of Nebraska were dry, but soil moisture improved from later rains.

In Colorado and western Kansas, soil moisture was sufficient for
germination, However, limited precipitation in the late fall resulted
in some plant deterioration. Elsewhere most acreage has good
stands, satisfactory growth, and is entering winter in good condition,

On December 1, reported condition of rye for harvest in 1969 was
90. It was 85 a year earlier, and the average is 86, Condition is
good in the important rye for grain States. The Dakotas had a better
fall moisture supply than a year earlier and nearly all rye acreage made
sufficient fall growth to become well established, Essentially all rye
came up to good stands in Oklahoma and Texas with much of the acreage
making sufficient growth for grazing.

First forecast of 1969 rye production will be in July.

CROP REPORTING BOARD

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WINTER WHEAT AND RYE, December 1968

N.Y.
Ne Je
Pae
Ohio
Ind.
Th.
Mich.
Wise
Minn.
Towa
Mo.

Acreage seeded

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Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA

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Crops ; Crop ; as percent” : + 1962-66 2 (crop of : (crop of
of ; OF of crop of :(crops of : 1968 * 1969)
6ST 1968 2 1969;_ _ 1968 __3_ 1963-67): _ 2 SET
? 1,000 1,000 ;
> acres acres Percent Percent Percent Percent
131 129 104 OL 93 96
on 87 oT 88 88 -
a: a ee 5 ____ ot
77 ue 77 "205 ih 2) 66 oh
145 82 100 87 89 95
148 90 106 91 9 6
: 208 189 195 103 Ct 3 98
mL ---f.~.~_D.- MT. - Mo 2 BK
: —e & ad ou 62 5
22 18 16 89 9 92 95
141 6 1ol 105 83 85 88
405 175 276 158 83 719 91
: 206 219 265 121 87 83 95
a
to eke 16h___ 175 _____ 8 82 ___ --
7 "3 52 50 % 86~ 85 36
: 101 103 98 5 89 88 OL
3 256 29h 288 98 85 86 93
113 106 106 100 87 85 89
88 5 96 101 78 3 81
= 2B. - PO 9. - 8 8 72.76.
oh my 6 89 81 o1 92
: 60 52 52 100 87 89 87
3 294 20h aks 120 ed of Ey
200 763 355 NBL ---50__
"29 u 1g ise i 96 ob
‘ 20 10 14 140 OL 92 14
: 31 28 31 11 86 5 87
5 im TT 106 138 80 83 8
: oh 50 62 124 89 88 mn
to 9k LL MLL 8 OL
+ 4,153 3,434 3,988 116.1 86 85 90

acreage seeded for all purposes.

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Crop Production

Release:
December 20, 1968
3:00 P.M, (E.S,T.)

WINTER WHEAT AND RYE DECEMBER 1, 1968

The Crop Reporting Board of the Statistical Reporting Service makes the
following report of WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE SEEDED and PRODUCTION and
RYE ACREAGE SEEDED and CONDITION, for the United States, from data
furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, and cooperating State

agencies.

ITEM

WINTER WHEAT:
Acreage seeded for all purposes
(1,000 acres)
Yield per seeded acre (bu, }
Production (1, 000 bu, )
Seedings as % of previous year
Harvested for grain (percent)

RYE:
Acreage seeded for all purposes
(1,000 acres)
Seedings as % of previous year
Condition Dec, 1 (percent)

ae oe te te ve ce 06 oe 08 oe fee oe oe

Crops : * Crop 3 Crop
of 3 of : of

1963-67: 1968 : 1969 1/
45,633 49,398 43,005
22.9 24.9 25.9
1,044, 293 1,228,638 1,115,465
nee 91,3 87,1
85.4 86.0 88,0
4,153 3, 434 3,988
owe 93.7 116.1
86 85 90

1/ Indicated December 1, 1968,

APPROVED:

i A. Boker

ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

CROP REPORTING BOARD:
G, D, Simpson, Chairman,
M. L, Koehn, Secretary,
B, W, Kelly, J, R, Kendall,
J. M, Koepper, 3B. R, Bookhout,

Cc, O, Doescher, G. D, Hasenmyer,

H, R, Holden,

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Statistical Reporting Service
CrPr 2-3 (12-68)

Crop Reporting Board
Washington, D.C, 20250




WINTER WHEAT AND RYE, December 1968 Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA

WINTER WHEAT: Seedings of winter wheat in the fall of 1968, for

harvest in 1969, totaled 43.0 million acres, 13
percent less than for the 1968 crop, and 6 percent less than average.
The acreage allotment for all wheat was reduced 13 percent to 51.6
million acres for the 1969 crop, Acreage diversion payments will be
offered to growers for the 1969 crop but were not offered in the two
previous crop years.

Declines in planted acreage from a year earlier occurred in all
major winter wheat producing States, Only 2 minor producing States,
Iowa and Arizona, planted the same acreage for 1968, and no State
planted more acreage. The largest percentage declines were in the
Southern Great Plains, South Central, East North Central, and the
Atlantic Regions,

A 1969 winter wheat crop of 1,115 million bushels is expected,
based on conditions as of December 1, This would be 9 percent less
than the record large 1968 crop but 7 percent above average. On
December |, most of the U, S. crop was generally in good condition.
In the past decade, changes in estimates of the U, S, wheat crop
between December 1 and the final production estimate have averaged
69 million bushels, ranging from 3 million to 185 million bushels.

Yield per seeded acre of 25,9 bushels is 1.0 bushel above 1968 =
and 3,0 bushels above average. December | conditions indicate
88, 0 percent of the seeded acreage will be harvested for grain,
compared with 86,0 percent in 1968 and the average of 85,4 percent.

Winter wheat seeding in the Great Plains progressed ahead of a
year earlier but behind the previous year, The crop is in good
condition, except in western Kansas, southwestern Nebraska, eastern
Colorado and in New Mexico, where dry weather has resulted in thin
stands and in limited topgrowth, Seeding in Kansas started slowly -
this fall, September rains helped planting move rapidly toward
completion in October, except in a few dry areas in the extreme west
and some wet areas in the southeast and southcentral, By December i,
the crop wae in good to excellent condition and well above the two
previous years,



WINTER WHEAT AND RYE, December 1968 Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA

However, moisture shortages within the western tiers of counties
in the westcentral and southwest districts have limited fall growth,
and short uneven stands have shown in some fields.

In Oklahoma, seeding progressed normally and adequate stands were
obtained, except in the western half of the Panhandle. Elsewhere in
the State, subsoil moisture ia considered ample. The Texas crop was
progressing well and furnishing fair to good grazing in most areas of
the State. Recent rain and snow have improved moisture conditions over
most of the State, However, dryland wheat on the Northern High Plains
is in need of moisture. In western Nebraska, seeding was about usual,
but was delayed in the southcentral and southeastern areas because of
wet fields. The crop emerged to good stands and has good root develop~
ment, However, additional moisture is needed in the far southwest
counties. In Colorado, shortage of soil moisture in the fall limited
growth and root development. Winter wheat in southeastern and east
central Colorado has already shown some decline,

In Montana seeding was virtually complete by October 18, about
the same as the previous year, Considerably above average precipitation
in late summer and early fall promoted good to excellent germination,
About December 1 crop condition was good. From mid-August through
December 1 the Pacific Northwest had above normal precipitation,
greatly improving prospects for the 1969 wheat crop. Seeding conditions
in Washington and Oregon were good -- much improved over a year
earlier, The crop is in generally good to excellent condition, Spraying
for weed control was active in Washington,

Planting of wheat in the Corn Belt and Northeast generally moved
more swiftly than a year earlier, when a wet fall delayed progress,
In the Southeast, early seeding was delayed awaiting improved soil
moisture supplies, Rains arrived with Hurricane Gladys in October
enabling planting to proceed, Additional rain in November greatly
benefited the crop. Planting neared completion about December 1,