Winter wheat production in Wisconsin was estimated at 18 million bushels, up 3% from 2023 according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Small Grains 2024 Summary.
Planted area, at 265,000 acres, was down 5% from last year. Winter wheat area harvested for grain was 220,000 acres, down 4% from last year. Winter wheat yield, at 82 bushels per acre, was up 6 bushels per acre from last year.
Oat production was estimated at 4.29 million bushels, down 6% from last year. Oats planted, at 140,000 acres, was up 4% from last year. Harvested area for grain was 64,000 acres, down 15% from the harvested acres in 2023. Oat yield, at 67 bushels per acre, was up 6 bushels per acre from last year.
Barley production, estimated at 270,000 bushels, was up 114% from last year. Planted area, at 15,000 acres, was up 25% from 2023. Harvested area for grain, at 6,000 acres, was up 200% from last year. The Wisconsin barley yield was 45 bushels per acre, down 18 bushels per acre from last year.
Rye production in Wisconsin was estimated at 1.17 million bushels, up 90% from last year. Planted area, at 260,000 acres, was up 8% from 2023. Harvested area for grain, at 30,000 acres, was up 100% from last year. The Wisconsin rye yield was 39 bushels per acre, down 2 bushels per acre from last year.
Nationally, all wheat production totaled 1.97 billion bushels in 2024, up 9% from the 2023 total of 1.8 billion bushels.
Area harvested for grain totaled 38.5 million acres, up 4% from the previous year. The average yield in the United States was estimated at 51.2 bushels per acre, up 2.5 bushels from the previous year. The levels of production and changes from 2023 by type were: winter wheat, 1.35 billion bushels, up 9%; other spring wheat, 542 million bushels, up 8%; and Durum wheat, 80.1 million bushels, up 35%.
Oat production was estimated at 67.8 million bushels, up 19% from 2023. Yield was estimated at a record high 76.5 bushels per acre, up 7.9 bushels from the previous year. Harvested area, at 886,000 acres, was 7% above last year.
Barley production was estimated at 144 million bushels, down 23% from the 2023 total of 186 million bushels. The United States average yield, at 76.7 bushels per acre, was up 4.4 bushels from the previous year.
Producers seeded 2.37 million acres in 2024, down 24% from 2023. Harvested area, at 1.88 million acres, was down 27% from 2023.
Rye production for 2024 was estimated at 14.7 million bushels, up 42% from the 2023 total, and was the highest production since 1987. Harvested area totaled 402,000 acres, up 25% from last year. The United
States yield was a record high at 36.6 bushels per acre and was up 4.4 bushels from 2023. Oklahoma yield was a record high. Planted area totaled 2.21 million acres, down 4% from last year. Much of those acres were used as a cover crop.
The complete report can be found on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications.
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