 I'm Nicole Cuslip with Ag Headline News. I'm Brownfield. The USDA has increased its 2024 U.S. winter wheat production projections. The crop is now estimated at more than 1.3 billion bushels, up 4 percent from June, partially because of higher average yield gas and 7 percent more than last year because of improved yields and a lower rate of abandonment following improvements in weather.