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WINTER WHEAT 



ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, PRICE, TOTAL VALUE, and VALUE PER ACRE 



ACRES 



Year 



1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 



1980. 

 1981 . , 

 1982. 

 1983. , 

 1984. , 



P I anted 



3,100,000 

 3,200,000 

 3,050,000 

 2,900,000 

 3,000,000 



2,600,000 

 2,700,000 

 2,450,000 

 2,550,000 

 2,700,000 



Harvested 

 for Gra I n 



3,000,000 

 3,080,000 

 2,800,000 

 2,700,000 

 2,250,000 



2, 150,000 

 2,550,000 

 2,120,000 

 2,260,000 

 2,480,000 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



--Bushe I S-- 



35.0 105,000,000 



32.0 98,560,000 



29.0 81,200,000 



31.0 83,700,000 



25.5 57,375,000 



25.5 54,825,000 



35.0 89,250,000 



38.0 80,560,000 



35.0 79,100,000 



27.0 66,960,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



3.34 

 2.32 



2,30 

 2.73 

 3.60 



3.90 

 3.63 

 3.65 

 3.57 

 3.40 



VALUE 



Va I ue 

 Product Ion 



--Dol lars-- 



350,700,000 

 228,659,000 

 186,760,000 

 228,501 ,000 

 206,550,000 



213,817,500 

 323,977,500 

 294,044,000 

 282,387,000 

 227,664,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1975, 

 1976, 

 1977 , 

 1978, 

 1979. 



1980. 

 1981 . 

 1982. 

 1983. 

 1984. 



Harvested 

 for Gra 1 n 



--Acres-- 



22,200 

 22,000 

 19,000 

 14,000 

 16,200 



23,000 

 19,000 

 13,000 

 13,500 

 19,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Product I on 



--Bushe I s- 



54, 

 51 , 

 53, 

 54, 

 48, 



56.1 

 56.0 

 56.5 

 57.4 

 56.0 



1 ,218,900 



1 ,140,000 



1 ,007,000 



756,000 



791 ,500 



1 ,290,200 



1 ,064,000 



735,000 



775,500 



1 ,064,000 



Harvested 

 for Gra I n 



--Acres-- 



2,977,800 

 3,058,000 

 2,781 ,000 

 2,686,000 

 2,233,800 



2,127,000 

 2,531 ,000 

 2,107,000 

 2,246,500 

 2,461 ,000 



THOUS. ACRBS 

 5,000 



4,000 



ACRES HARVESTED 



ALL SPRING and WINTER WHEAT, 1950-1984 



3,000 



2,000 



1,000 



1950 



1960 



1970 



1980 



