This year’s wheat crop in the Inland Northwest is expected to be larger than last year. The National Agricultural Statistics Service has released its acreage estimates for the 2018 harvest. Washington growers have 1.7 million acres of winter wheat in the ground. That’s unchanged from last year. Evergreen State growers are predicted to plant 530,000 acres of spring wheat this season. That’s up 7% from 2017. Idaho growers have 780,000 acres of winter wheat in the ground. That’s up 8% from last year. Gem State growers are expected to plant 440,000 acres of spring wheat which would be up 5% from 2017. Barley acres should be up this year as well. Washington growers are expected to plant 105,000 acres, up 11% from last year. Idaho farmers are predicted to put 560,000 acres of barley in the ground up 6% from 2017.
