From staff reports The USDA on Sept. 30 released two grain reports: the quarterly Grain Stocks report and the annual Small Grains Summary.
National winter wheat production for 2024 totaled 1.35 billion bushels, down 1% from last month but up 9% from 2023, the reports reflect. Yield averaged 51.7 bushels per acre, one bushel higher than a year ago. Acreage to be harvested for grain totaled 26.1 million acres, up 6% from last year. Oat production is estimated at 67.8 million b ushels, up 19% from 2023. Yield is estimated at 76.5 bushels per acre, up 7.9 bushels from the previous year. Barley production, at 144 million bushels, was down 23% from last year. Rye production is estimated at 14.7 million bushels, up 42% from 2023.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Expert Troy Marshall attributed weather conditions for the increases in wheat production for Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.
Oklahoma reported 4.35 million planted acres, 2.85 million acres harvested, 38 bushels per acre yielded, and 108.3 million bushels of wheat produced in the state f or 2024.
“That production number is about a 58% increase over last year,” he said.
In 2024, Oklahoma planted 98% hard red winter wheat, with the other 2% being soft r ed winter wheat, unchanged from last year.
Rye production saw a decrease in planted acres, but an increase in harvested acres for grain.
“The big news for Oklahoma rye is that we know a lot of it gets used for forage and grazing,” Marshall said. “So when we look at the harvest report, it shows about 70,000 acres are being harvested for grain, which is up from about 45,000 acres in 2023.”
Yield increased to 27 bushels per acre from 17 bushels in 2023. Those harvested acres produced 1.9 million bushels total compared to 765,000 bushels last year.
The final quarterly survey for spring-planted crops, including small grains, should be published in January, marking the start of tracking planted acres for wheat.
Full reports are available at www. nass.usda.gov.