The U.S. spring wheat inspection team predicts a decline in wheat yield per unit area in North Dakota

Lead: Reuters North Dakota, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Spring Wheat inspectors in the central and northwest regions of North Dakota said on Wednesday that they saw a slight decline in spring wheat yield this year compared with last year's forecast According to grain traders, agriculturists and crop investigators, the wheat and durum wheat fields inspected on Wednesday were generally in good condition, better than the drought affected wheat fields seen in the southwest of the U.S spring wheat state on Tuesday Wednesday is the second day of the annual inspection activities of the Wheat Quality Committee, which is this week But they also said that many northern areas visited on Wednesday had plenty of soil moisture and crops were growing better than they saw on Tuesday As we expected, the more north you go, the better, 'said the president and general manager of the Grand Forks flour mill in North Dakota The inspection team visited 97 spring wheat fields and 45 durum wheat fields on Wednesday The average yield forecast for spring wheat is 32 bushels / acre, compared with 33.3 bushels / acre for the same period last year Durenmey's average yield forecast is 25.5 bushels / acre, and the average forecast in 2001 is 28.2 bushels / acre The inspection team noted that the maturity of wheat varies greatly, with most of the wheat fields remaining two to five weeks before harvest In the next few weeks, wheat growth may affect the yield per unit area of late sown wheat fields, most of which are in the north and northwest In the northwest, although there is leaf rust, which leads to the decline of yield per unit area, the pressure of the disease is slight The inspector said that a few areas in the middle of North Dakota generally have leaf rust The inspection team noted that Fusarium was a very light disease, also known as spot disease, which was the main disease encountered by spring wheat growers in the United States in the past 10 years Some of the central and northwest regions are overgrown with weeds, the team said Since wheat prices began to weaken in the late 1990s, farmers have been turning their attention to more affordable crops, such as sunflowers and soybeans Stan buxa, a farmer in North Dakota, says wheat profits have been low for years, and people are spending less and less time growing wheat On Tuesday, the inspection team predicted that due to long-term drought, the average yield of spring wheat in the south of North Dakota fell by 25% this year, with an expected yield of 27.2 bushels / acre, the most severe drought in the southwest The U.S Department of agriculture forecast July 11 that North Dakota's spring wheat production this year will be 2108 million bushels, with an average yield of 31 bushels per acre The total yield forecast of spring wheat in the United States is 486 million bushels, excluding durum wheat The next USDA forecast will be released on August 12 On Thursday, tour wheat will continue to tour the northeast of the state, including North Dakota Fargo, and the final tour forecast will be released on Thursday afternoon (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: