USDAs latest quarterly look at small grains provided a final view of those crops for the 2024 growing season, with emphasis on wheat. Patrick Boyle of the National Agricultural Statistics Service starts with winter wheat. The final planted acres is estimated at 33.4 million acres, down 3/10 of a percent, or 415,000 acres. From the August forecast. It's down 9%, or just over 3.3 million acres from 2023. Harvested acreage for winter wheat is up 2% from the previous estimate, 6.3% from the prior year, at over 26 million bushels. That is actually the highest level we've seen since 2016. We had historically high abandonment in 2023, and we're now returning to more normal levels this year. Turning to yields. The final yield of 51.7 bushels per acre is down one and a half bushels, or 2.8%, from last month. It's up 1.1 bushels, or 2.2% from last season. The tally then, regarding total winter wheat production comes in at 1.35 billion bushels down 9/10 of a percent from August, but up 8.6% when compared to 2023. For spring wheat. Planted acreage at 10.6 million acres, is down 7/10 of a percent from last month and 5.1%, or 575,000 acres from last year. 2024 spring wheat, planted acreage is at the lowest level since 1972, and while harvested acreage is down 5% year over year, spring wheat crop yield is expected to be a record 52.5 bushels per acre, down 2/10 of a percent from August, but up 14.1%, or 6.5 bushels from 2023. Net result. Total spring wheat production is slightly down from the previous forecast, yet up 8% from 2023. For durum wheat, planted area at 2,064,000 acres is down 1% from last month, but up 23.2% from last year. Area harvested is estimated at 2,036,000 acres, up 9/10 of a percent from August and 26.9% from 2023. The yield of 39.3 bushels per acre is up 3.1%, or 1.2 bushels from last month, and up 6.2%, or 2.3 bushels compared to last year, resulting in a 35% year over year increase in total durum wheat production abroad.