US farmers expand winter wheat acreage

In the fall of the previous year, American farmers increased wheat sowing by 2%, covering 138 million acres, in anticipation of boosted export demand. The Department of Agriculture reported increases in acreage for hard red, soft red, and white winter wheat varieties in various regions. However, the condition of the winter wheat crop is mixed, dependent on soil moisture levels, and face challenges as they awaken from winter dormancy.

Last fall, farmers in the United States sowed 2% more wheat acreage than the previous year, or 138 million acres, the country's Department of Agriculture announced, quoted by the online publication Brownfield. The reason for the farmers' activity is the expectation of stronger export demand for the grain crop while maintaining its stable level on the domestic market. The department emphasized that the acreage with all major wheat varieties grown in the United States has been expanded, including by 1% for hard red wheat in the southern and central parts of the Great Plains to over 97 million acres, by 6% for soft red wheat in the American Midwest and southeastern parts of the country to 24.06 million acres, and by 3% for white winter wheat to 14.73 million acres, mostly in the western parts of the Great Plains. The latest observations of ...