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USDA Sees Smaller Durum Wheat Crop

WASHINGTON - Jul 10/09 - SNS -- Durum wheat production in the United States is forecast at 81.2 million bushels, down 4% from 2008, according to the USDA's latest crop report.

The U.S. yield is forecast at 33.1 bushels per acre, 0.3 bushel above last year. Area harvested for grain is expected to total 2.45 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2009 but down 5% from last year.

In North Dakota, Durum wheat seeding was delayed by snow and did not finish until early June. Crop development in Montana and North Dakota are both behind last year and the 5-year average. Yield prospects are up in North Dakota but unchanged in Montana.

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