Based on June 1 conditions, South Dakota’s 2020 winter wheat crop is forecast at 30.2 million bushels, down 25% from last year’s crop, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 52 bushels per acre, unchanged from last year.
Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 580,000 acres, down 190,000 acres from last year. This would be 89% of the planted acres, compared with last year’s 90% harvested.
