An odd thing has happened in wheat country — a lot of farmers aren't planting wheat. However, this year's crop of 45.7 million acres (18.49 million hectares) is the smallest since 1919. North Dakota harvested wheat acres are down 15 percent, Montana 11 percent and Nebraska 23 percent, to the state's lowest winter wheat acres on record. Fewer farmers planted wheat after a 2016 crop that was the least profitable in at least 30 years, said grain market analyst Todd Hultman, of Omaha, Nebraska-based agriculture market data provider DTN. The USDA says lentils reached a U.S. record high 1.02 million acres (0.41 million hectares) planted this year.

Source: ABC News August 28, 2017 05:26 UTC