National & World Ag News Headlines N.D. Winter Wheat Up 149 Percent from 2011 USAgNet - 05/11/2012 Winter wheat producers reported they expect to harvest 34.6 million bushels from the 2012 North Dakota winter wheat crop. This is up 149 percent from last year and 96 percent above the 2010 level. Yield for this year's crop is forecast at 48 bushels per harvested acre, up 11 bushels from last year. A total of 720,000 acres of winter wheat are expected to be harvested, up from 375,000 last year and 320,000 in 2010. Farmers in the state seeded 750,000 acres of winter wheat last fall. This is up 88 percent from the previous year and 127 percent above the acres planted for the 2010 crop year. Hay stocks on North Dakota farms totaled 1.7 million tons on May 1, up 36 percent from last year and 30 percent above the 2010 level. Disappearance for the period December 2011 through April 2012 was 4.4 million tons, compared to 4.1 million tons a year earlier. Total U.S. winter wheat production is forecast at 1.69 billion bushels, up 13 percent from 2011. The area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 35.6 million acres, up 10 percent from last year. Based on May 1 conditions, the United States yield is forecast at 47.6 bushels per acre, up 1.4 bushels from last year. All hay stored on farms May 1, 2012, totaled 21.4 million tons, down 4 percent from a year ago. Disappearance from December 1, 2011 - May 1, 2012 totaled 69.3 million tons, compared with 79.9 million tons for the same period a year ago. This is the smallest disappearance since 1985. Send this article to a friend Other National Headlines Meatless Mondays Being Dropped From House Cafeterias China's Farm Produce Prices Going Up Monsanto Receives Approval for Intacta RR2 PRO Soybeans AAW Holds Annual Symposium in Washington, D.C. Cargill to Acquire Northstar Grain LLC Another Attempt to Remove Stabilization From DSA Cornell: Farm Bill Dairy Will Cost More Than Goodlatte-Scott Copyright © 2013 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.