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Winter Wheat Crop Expected To Be Down 34 Percent This Year

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal agriculture officials are forecasting South Dakota’s 2015 winter wheat crop to finish with more than a third fewer bushels than last year.

Based on July 1 conditions, the National Agricultural Statistics Service says this year’s crop is forecast at 39.4 million bushels. That’s a 13 percent drop from the forecast on June 1 and a 34 percent decline from last year’s crop.

The average yield is forecast at 41 bushels per acre, down 14 bushels from last year. The acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 960,000 acres, an 11 percent decline from last year.

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