By Ryan Hanrahan
Reuters’ Karl Plume reported that “the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday cut its U.S. ?winter wheat crop outlook by 2% from a month earlier as a harsh drought in the Plains cut its hard red winter wheat production view to the lowest since ?1957″ and total winter wheat production to the lowest since 1965.
“The USDA projected U.S. winter wheat production in ?the 2026/27 season at 1.030 billion bushels, down ?from its forecast of 1.048 billion last month and ?well below last year’s winter crop of 1.402 billion bushels,” Plume reported. “?Production of hard red winter wheat, the largest variety grown in the United States, was projected to fall to 497 million ?bushels, down from an outlook for 515 million last ?month and well below last year’s 804-million-bushel crop.”
“The drop in production has heaped ?pressure on U.S. farmers already struggling with rising fuel and fertilizer prices due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and trade disruptions caused by U.S. President ?Donald Trump’s tariff ?battles,” Plume reported. “The wheat ?harvest is underway in key wheat states including Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, although some ?farmers, particularly in far western areas of the ?wheat ?belt, have found little to no grain to gather.”
Source : illinois.edu