The Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat and Durum Tour had record-calculated yields this year. “The tour total ended up being 54.5 (bushels per acre) for the hard red spring wheat,” said Anne Osbourne, project manager, National Wheat Foundation. “That’s the highest that this tour has seen and near the USDA’s estimated 56 (bushels per acre).” Durum wheat was calculated to be 45.3 bushels per acre, close to the record set in 2016. While these are good estimates, with the wheat harvest still being four to five weeks out, Osborne said disease could still play a large factor.
