
Wheat production value in the U.S. 2000-2021
Wheat production
The United States was the fifth-largest global wheat producer during the 2021/2022 marketing year, after the European Union, China, India and Russia. The country’s wheat production has fluctuated over the past decade, however. Until 2016, U.S. agriculturists and farmers harvested over two billion bushels of wheat annually. Harvests dropped slightly in subsequent years.
During the past two years, North Dakota and Kansas were the key wheat-producing U.S. federal states. Kansas yielded about 364 million bushels of wheat in 2021, overtaking North Dakota's 333 million bushels. In 2019, North Dakota's wheat harvest was valued at roughly 1.4 billion U.S. dollars.
The United States was the fifth-leading exporting country of wheat, flour and wheat products during the 2021/2022 period. In 2019, Mexico, the Philippines, and Japan, were the nation’s main wheat export partners. Around 3.55 million metric tons of U.S. wheat were exported to Mexico that year. Mexico was also the primary destination for U.S. wheat flour exports, with a volume of about 202 thousand metric tons.