Wheat Production
How much land in Washington is planted to wheat?
The playing surface of a football field is about an acre. About 2.24 million football fields of wheat were harvested in Eastern Washington in 2023, down slightly from 2.27 million football fields in 2022.
Wheat Production - 2023
All wheat production was 113 million bushels, down 21 percent from 2022 when 144 million bushels were harvested. The average winter wheat yield was 54 bushels an acre. The average spring wheat yield was 38 bushels an acre. Winter wheat was harvested from 1.75 million acres with 490,000 acres of spring wheat production harvested. (source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service)