Wheat production value in the U.S. 2000-2023

This statistic shows the total value of wheat produced in the United States from 2000 to 2023. The value of U.S. wheat production amounted to about 12.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. 

Wheat production

The United States was the fifth-largest global wheat producer during the 2021/2022 marketing year, after China, the European Union, 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. North Dakota yielded about 299.9 million bushels of wheat in 2022, overtaking the 244.2 million bushels in Kansas. In 2020, North Dakota's wheat harvest was valued at roughly 1.4 billion U.S. dollars.

Wheat trade

The United States was the fifth-leading exporting country of wheat, flour and wheat products during the 2021/2022 period. In 2020, the Philippines, Mexico, and Japan, were the nation’s main wheat export partners. Around 3.37 million metric tons of U.S. wheat were exported to the Philippines that year. Mexico was the primary destination for U.S. wheat flour exports, with a volume of about 205 thousand metric tons.