USA: If growers plant less spring wheat in 2022, what crops might replace it?
Wheat
United States
Published Apr 5, 2022
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The USDA Prospective Plantings report on March 31 was the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ 2022 planting intentions. NASS’ acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of nearly 73,000 farm operators across the nation. USDA estimated other spring wheat acres for 2022 at 11.2 million acres, down 2% from 2021, while durum wheat is expected to total 1.92 million acres for 2022, up 17% from last year.
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I checked with growers, elevator managers and the North Dakota Wheat Commission to find out if the USDA estimates are close. “The survey seems to parallel what we were hearing from producers through much of this spring, which is increased interest in crops like malt barley, oats, flax, peas/lentils, hay and sunflowers, with steady to lower trends in spring wheat and corn,” said Jim Peterson, marketing director, North Dakota Wheat Commission. “Strong and steady market values for those crops for much of the winter, along with somewhat lower input costs, especially for nitrogen fertilizer, were incentives to go with more of the typically minor acreage crops. Of course, the extremely strong hay market in parts of Montana and western North Dakota, and the looks of another dry year drove interest in hay.” Peterson said seed sales of spring wheat have been slower than recent years, according to many seed dealers, even with the recent rally driven by the Ukraine situation. “I think the ...
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