FARGO, N.D. — Based on May 1 conditions, North Dakota’s 2022 winter wheat crop is forecast at 4.23 million bushels, up 114% from last year’s crop, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 47 bushels per acre, up 14 bushels from last year. Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 90,000 acres, up 30,000 acres from last year. This would be 90% of the planted acres, above last year’s 67% harvested.
May 1 hay stocks of 520 thousand tons are down 45% from last year.
— USDA NASS