US hard red winter wheat crop condition ratings improve
Hard red winter wheat crop condition ratings have improved over the past week, according to the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The rise in ratings was attributed to beneficial rainfall in several critical growing areas. However, USDA does note that not all of Texas got the needed rains, and that heavy precipitation in Oklahoma slowed down field work in some areas.
As of Sunday, Kansas' crop is rated 48% good to excellent, compared to 42% last week and 72% a year ago. Oklahoma's winter wheat crop is called 43% good to excellent, up 2% from last week. Only 16% of Texas' crop is rated good to excellent, but that's a 1% improvement on the week and 32% is at least in fair shape and could be greatly helped by timely rainfall.
As of Sunday, Kansas' crop is rated 48% good to excellent, compared to 42% last week and 72% a year ago. Oklahoma's winter wheat crop is called 43% good to excellent, up 2% from last week. Only 16% of Texas' crop is rated good to excellent, but that's a 1% improvement on the week and 32% is at least in fair shape and could be greatly helped by timely rainfall.
