South Dakota’s winter wheat crop production, yield numbers estimated to be down from 2022

Based on June 1, 2023, conditions, South Dakota’s 2023 winter wheat crop is forecast at 34.5 million bushels, down 9% from last year’s crop, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 46 bushels per acre, down 6 bushels from last year. Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 750,000 acres, up 20,000 acres from last year. This would be 81% of the planted acres, compared with last year’s 88% harvested.

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