Texas wheat producers have seeded 5.9 million acres for the 2009 winter wheat crop, up 2 percent from last year, according to the latest figures from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Planted wheat acreage is down 5 percent from 2007.

“Planting conditions were unfavorable across most of the state. Producers experienced slow wheat emergence and development due to drought like conditions,” State Director Doug Rundle reported.

Nationally, U.S. seeding of winter wheat for 2009 totaled 42.1 million acres, down 9 percent from 2008.