Winter Wheat Production Up 8 Percent from June
Durum Wheat Production Up Less Than 1 Percent from 2015
Other Spring Wheat Production Down 8 Percent from 2015
Orange Production Up 2 Percent from June
Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.63 billion bushels, up 8 percent from the June 1 forecast and up 19 percent from 2015. Based on July 1 conditions, the United States yield is forecast at a record high 53.9 bushels per acre, up 3.4 bushels from last month and up 11.4 bushels from last year. The area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 30.2 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2016 but down 6 percent from last year.
Hard Red Winter production, at 1.03 billion bushels, is up 10 percent from last month. Soft Red Winter, at 370 million bushels, is up 4 percent from the June forecast. White Winter, at 224 million bushels, is up 4 percent from last month. Of the White Winter production, 21.2 million bushels are Hard White and 202 million bushels are Soft White.
Durum wheat production is forecast at 82.8 million bushels, up less than 1 percent from 2015. The United States yield is forecast at 39.8 bushels per acre, down 3.7 bushels from last year. Expected area to be harvested for grain totals 2.08 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2016 but up 10 percent from last year.
Other spring wheat production is forecast at 550 million bushels, down 8 percent from last year. Area harvested for grain is expected to total 11.8 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2016 but down 9 percent from last year. The United States yield is forecast at 46.5 bushels per acre, up 0.2 bushel from the 2015 average yield. Of the total production, 511 million bushels are Hard Red Spring wheat, down 9 percent from last year.
The United States all orange forecast for the 2015-2016 season is 5.92 million tons, up 2 percent from the previous forecast but down 7 percent from the 2014-2015 final utilization. The Florida all orange forecast, at 81.5 million boxes (3.67 million tons), is up slightly from last month's forecast but down 16 percent from last season's final utilization. Early, midseason, and Navel varieties in Florida are forecast at 36.1 million boxes (1.63 million tons), unchanged from last month but down 24 percent from last
season's final utilization. The Florida Valencia orange forecast, at 45.4 million boxes (2.04 million tons), is up slightly from last month but down 8 percent from last season's final utilization.
The California Valencia orange forecast is 10.5 million boxes (420,000 tons), unchanged from the previous forecast but up 11 percent from last season's final utilization. The California Navel orange forecast is 44.0 million boxes (1.76 million tons), up 5 percent from the previous forecast and up 13 percent from last season's final utilization. The Texas all orange forecast, at 1.70 million boxes (72,000 tons), is up 8 percent from the previous forecast and up 17 percent from last season's final utilization.
Source : USDA