What is the average yield of wheat per acre?
It depends greatly on location, type of wheat, and different
farming practices.
In top wheat producing states Kansas, North Dakota, and Montana,
non irrigated wheat yields are typically 30-50 bushels per acre
with there being 60 lbs in a bushel. Irrigated
yields in certain areas are over 100 bushels per acre.
The highest non irrigated or dry land wheat yields in the nation
are in the palouse
region of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Winter wheat
yields in Whitman county Washington averages 83 bushels an acre and
Latah county Idaho averages 82 bushels an acre. Yields of up to 150
bushels an acre have occurred there.
The USA came 45th in yield for the 2010/2011 crop, with an
average of 46.4 bu.
The Netherlands came first, at 132.5 bushels per acre (almost 3
times the USA yield.)