date:Mar 29, 2013
m the January estimate of 41,820,000 acres. The winter wheat estimate includes 28.9 million acres of hard red, 9.67 million acres of soft red and 3.39 million acres of white wheat.
Farmers intend to plant 1,751,000 acres of durum in 2013, down 18% from 2,123,000 acres last year, and 12,701,000 acres of spring wheat other than durum, up 3% from 12,289,000 acres in 2012. The spring wheat area includes 12.1 million acres of hard red spring wheat.
The U.S.D.A. all wheat planting number was near th