The U.S. wheat harvested area was about 37.1 million acres in 2021/2022. For the crop year of 2032/2033, area harvested with wheat was projected to be some 36.9 million acres.
Leading wheat producers
North Dakota
had the largest harvested area of wheat, followed by Kansas and Montana as of 2018. Kansas topped the list of the
leading U.S. states based on their wheat area planted. In 2018, the total area of wheat planted in Kansa amounted to 7.7 million acres. In that year, around
47.8 million acres of wheat were planted and around 40 million acres of wheat were harvested in the United States.
Global market
Per capita food use of wheat has decreased worldwide over the past few years. According to the World Bank, in 2017, the
average price for wheat (hard red winter) was about 174 nominal U.S. dollars per metric ton. It was forecast to rise to about 227 nominal U.S. dollars per metric ton by 2025.