“This year, some of the top wheat-producing counties in Kansas have seen significant drought damage,” said DTN. “Mark Hodges, executive director of Plains Grains, estimated extreme drought will limit Oklahoma’s total wheat production to 66.5 million bushels on an average yield of 18.5 bpa, compared to 105 mb last year.”
The tour concludes on Thursday with an estimate of the Kansas crop. USDA will make its first forecast of the winter wheat crop on May 9. Last year, Kansas grew 319.2 mln bu of winter wheat, says USDA. As the No 1 wheat state, it grew 15 pct of all wheat in the nation.