United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Small Grain Annual Summary

Southern Plains Regional Field Office · Post Office Box 70, Austin, Texas 78767 · 800-626-3142 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Texas Department of Agriculture

September 28, 2018 Contact: Cameron Willis or Paul Kappler

This report contains the results from the September 2018 Agriculture Survey, which focused on wheat and oats
production in the Southern Plains region. The state level estimates of small grain production for Oklahoma and
Texas are considered "final" for the 2018 crop year.

Data provided by the Oklahoma and Texas operators are the foundation of the estimates made for the Southern
Plains region. We would like to thank all farmers who responded to the September Agriculture Survey.

WINTER WHEAT

Oklahoma wheat production totaled 70.0 million bushels, down from 98.6 million in 2017 and down from
137 million bushels in 2016. Statewide yield averaged 28.0 bushels per acre, 6 bushels below last year.
Harvested acreage for grain is 2.50 million acres, down 14 percent from 2017.

Oklahoma Wheat Production and Yield

39
36 34
31 31
26 28
22 23
154.8 17
136.5
119.4
105.4 98.8 98.6
74.8 73.6 70.0
47.6

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Production (million bu) Yield (bu/ac)

Texas wheat production totaled 56.0 million bushels, down from 68.2 million in 2017 and down from 89.6 million
bushels in 2016. Statewide yield averaged 32.0 bushels per acre, 3 bushels above last year. Harvested acreage
for grain is 1.75 million acres, down 26 percent from 2017.

Texas Wheat Production and Yield

33 33 32 32
29 30 30 29
25 25

123.8
95.7 106.5
89.6
61.3 68.2 67.5 68.2
47.5 56.0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Production (million bu) Yield (bu/ac)

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 CROP SUMMARY

Small Grain Acreage, Yield and Production, Oklahoma, Texas, and United States, Final 2017-2018
Planted Harvested Yield per Harvested Acre Production
Crop
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018
1,000 acres 1,000 acres bushels 1,000 bushels
Oklahoma
Winter Wheat 1 4,500 4,400 2,900 2,500 34.0 28.0 98,600 70,000
Oats 1 45 50 16 10 42.0 48.0 672 480
Rye 1 260 240 45 50 24.0 22.0 1,080 1,100

Texas
Winter Wheat 1 4,700 4,500 2,350 1,750 29.0 32.0 68,150 56,000
Oats 1 455 450 60 50 45.0 50.0 2,700 2,500

United States
All Wheat 46,022 47,800 37,541 39,605 46.3 47.6 1,739,645 1,884,458
Winter 1 32,696 32,535 25,291 24,742 50.2 47.9 1,269,437 1,183,939
Durum 2,307 2,065 2,106 1,967 26.0 39.3 54,777 77,287
Other Spring 11,019 13,200 10,144 12,896 41.0 48.3 415,431 623,232
Barley 1 2,481 2,543 1,954 1,978 72.6 77.4 141,923 153,082
Oats 1 2,588 2,746 801 865 61.7 64.9 49,391 56,130
Rye 1 1,961 2,011 286 273 33.9 30.9 9,696 8,432
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Includes area planted in preceding fall.

U.S. Highlights: United States winter wheat production for 2018 totaled 1.18 billion bushels, down slightly from
last month and down 7 percent from 2017. Yield averaged 47.9 bushels per acre, 2 bushel lower than a year
ago. Acreage to be harvested for grain totaled 24.7 million acres, down 2 percent from last year. Oat production
is estimated at 56.1 million bushels, up 14 percent from 2017. Yield is estimated at 64.9 bushels per acre, up
3.2 bushels from the previous year. Barley production, at 153 million bushels, was up 8 percent from last year.
Rye production is estimated at 8.43 million bushels, down 13 percent from 2017.

Link to the US report: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1268.

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Small Grain Annual Summary (September 2018)

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office