Forecasters estimate winter wheat production in Wisconsin at 15.8 million bushels, 10 percent below last year’s 17.5 million bushels.

The latest crop production report from USDA estimates total U.S. winter wheat production will be up 4 percent from 2023 at 1.29 billion bushels.

Based on conditions as of June 1, the state’s winter wheat yield is at 79 bushels per acre, two bushels above last year. Wisconsin winter wheat growers intend to harvest 200,000 acres for grain, down 13 percent from 2023.

Forecasters estimate the United States yield at 51.4 bushels per acre, up 0.8 bushel from last year’s average yield of 50.6 bushels per acre.