Winter wheat seeding declines in Idaho | Local | dnews.com – Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Idaho wheat growers seeded slightly fewer acres of winter wheat for the 2024 crop, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported this week.

There are 740,000 acres of seeded winter wheat in Idaho, down 1% from the year before and 4% less than the 2022 crop, according to the federal agency. Washington winter wheat growers seeded about 1.8 million acres of winter wheat for harvest this year. That is unchanged from 2023 but a 3% decrease from 2022.

Planted acreage is down from last year across most of the growing region, the agency reported. The largest decreases in planted acreage are estimated in Kansas and Texas, while Montana is estimated to have a modest increase.