2021 is anamolously bad for spring wheat. 2018 through 2020 were record high years for spring wheat on the contrary. Trend for yield is up and to the right. Weather disasters happen, like the droughts we had in the 1930s that caused the Dust Bowl. At any rate, don't forget to zoom out.
Here's the production charts. We had 1.83 billion bushels last year and 1.75 billion this year.
Its only Spring Wheat which was affected but Winter Wheat is at all time highs. See this chart, for example:
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/swyld....
2021 is anamolously bad for spring wheat. 2018 through 2020 were record high years for spring wheat on the contrary. Trend for yield is up and to the right. Weather disasters happen, like the droughts we had in the 1930s that caused the Dust Bowl. At any rate, don't forget to zoom out.