Small Grains – Illinois Agronomy

Wheat and double-crop soybeans

Posted on May 15, 2023October 20, 2023 by Giovani Preza Fontes

Planted wheat acreage in Illinois increased by 35%, from 650,000 acres in 2022 to 880,000 for the crop to be harvested in 2023. Wheat acreage by county or crop reporting district is not available, but indications are that some of the additional acreage is in parts of central Illinois where wheat acreage has been limited in recent decades. ..

Winter wheat update

Posted on March 31, 2023March 22, 2024 by Giovani Preza Fontes

llinois producers planted 650,000 acres of winter wheat in the fall of 2021 and harvested 560,000 acres in 2022, with an average yield of 79 bushels per acre. Boosted by high world wheat prices, high wheat and good doublecrop soybean yields, and dry fall weather, planted acreage for 2023 rose to 880,000 acres….