EAST LANSING, Mich. — Winter wheat in Ohio averaged 85 bushels per acre this year, up 14 bushels from last year, according to Cheryl Turner, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office.
Wheat was planted on 580,000 acres, with 515,000 acres harvested for grain. Wheat production was 43.8 million bushels, up 26 percent from 2020 The Ohio winter wheat crop reached maturity right in line with the five-year average. Harvest started off slower than normal due to wet conditions, but drier weather towards the end of July helped winter wheat harvest finish on schedule in the beginning of August.
Oats in Ohio averaged 67 bushels per acre, an increase of 7 bushels from last year. Twenty thousand acres of oats were harvested in 2021, up 33 percent from last year. Oat production, at 1.34 million bushels, was up 49 percent from a year ago.
Nationally, winter wheat production for 2021 totaled 1.28 billion bushels, up 9 percent from the revised 2020 total of 1.17 billion bushels. The United States yield, at 50.2 bushels per acre, was down 0.7 bushel from 2020. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 25.5 million acres, up 11 percent from the previous year. Record low acres were estimated in Utah in 2021. Record high yields were estimated in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas for 2021.
U.S. oat production in 2021 was estimated at record low 39.8 million bushels, down 39 percent from 2020. Yield was estimated at 61.3 bushels per acre, down 3.8 bushels from the previous year. Harvested area, at a record low 650 thousand acres, was 36 percent below 2020.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
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