date:Apr 01, 2014
llion acres of hard red, 8.43 million acres of soft red and 3.35 million acres of white wheat.
Farmers intend to plant 1,799,000 acres of durum in 2014, up 22% from 1,470,000 acres last year, and 12,009,000 acres of spring wheat other than durum, up 4% from 11,596,000 acres in 2013. The spring wheat area includes 11.3 million acres of hard red spring wheat.
The U.S.D.A. all wheat planting number was below the average of trade expectations of 56 million acres, with the other spring wheat number