Ohio’s 2023 winter wheat production is forecast at 41.8 million bushels, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. This report is based on conditions as of July 1, 2023. Some highlights of the Crop Production Report follow:
The Ohio winter wheat yield is forecast at 76 bushels per acre, down 3 bushels from last year and unchanged from last month’s forecast. As of July 2, five percent of the crop was harvested. The crop condition was rated 63 percent good to excellent, compared with 57 percent at the same time last year.