Wheat Production By State
Production totaled 1.83 billion bushels in 2020, down 5 percent from the 2019 total of 1.93 billion bushels.
Wheat production down 5% from last year
Production totaled 1.83 billion bushels in 2020, down 5 percent from the 2019 total of 1.93 billion bushels. Area harvested for grain totaled 36.7 million acres, down 2 percent from the previous year. The United States yield was estimated at 49.7 bushels per acre, down 2.0 bushels from the previous year. The levels of production and changes from 2019 by type were: winter wheat, 1.17 billion bushels, down 11 percent; other spring wheat, 586 million bushels, up 4 percent; and Durum wheat, 68.8 million bushels, up 28 percent.
North Dakota produced 312.8 million bushels of wheat in 2020, down 8.4 million bushels from the prior year.
Kansas produced 281.3 million bushels of wheat in 2020, down 67.2 million bushels from the prior year.
