Leading U.S. states for wheat yield per harvested acre 2023

As of 2023, Arizona was the top U.S. state when it came to the yield of wheat per harvested acre, at 103 bushels. This is over ten more bushels per acre than the second and third leading states, Indiana and Delaware.

Wheat cultivation and production in the U.S.

Although Arizona led the yield per harvested acre in 2023, the state did not have a great deal of planted nor harvested area of wheat that year. Kansas and North Dakota were the top two states in both categories. That year, Kansas planted about 8.1 million acres of wheat and harvested 5.8 million acres of it. Overall, about 1.81 million bushels of wheat were produced that year in the United States.

Uses of wheat

Wheat can be utilized for food, feed, fuel, or other purposes. Other grains, like maize, are used far more for feed than for food. In the United States, wheat is primarily used for food, but is also used as seed and as animal feed. In 2022, almost 90 percent of the wheat produced domestically was used for food. That year only about 90 million bushels were used for animal feed.