Wheat Quality Tour finds higher yield than USDA predicting

The Wheat Quality Council’s Tour through fields in North Dakota and Minnesota came up with a yield estimate of 49.1 bushels per acre. The durum estimate after the tour was 39 bushels an acre. Those figures were the highest levels since 2008.

The yield estimate for spring wheat is higher than the USDA forecast of 47 bushels an acre that came out on July 12. For durum wheat, the tour result is a bit smaller than the USDA estimate of 40.3 bushels. Almost 50 people took part in the wheat tour, with many coming from the wheat, milling, and baking industries and USDA officials.

Last Thursday, scouts stopped at several fields along the North Dakota-Minnesota border and sampled on both sides. The spring wheat weighted average that day, including the Minnesota fields, was 53.1 bushels. Participants assessed a total of 267 spring wheat and 35 durum fields, mostly in North Dakota.


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