North Dakota Spring Wheat Planting Well Behind Schedule
North Dakota is the largest spring wheat producing state in the US, accounting for almost half of the nation's entire crop in a normal year, but this year is far from normal.
Excessive flooding early in the year means that spring wheat planting in the state was just 1% complete as of Sunday, according to the USDA. that figure compares to 28% completed a year ago and the five year average of 29%.
Recent rainfall combined with below normal temperatures have prevented fields from drying out, say StormX. their chart below shows just how far behind plantings are in the state:
By Wednesday night, more showers are possible, keeping fields damp and further hindering planting progress.
It looks like a wet fortnight is in store for almost the entire Midwest, according to QT Weather. This will do little to help North Dakota farmers catch up with normal planting progress:
Excessive flooding early in the year means that spring wheat planting in the state was just 1% complete as of Sunday, according to the USDA. that figure compares to 28% completed a year ago and the five year average of 29%.
Recent rainfall combined with below normal temperatures have prevented fields from drying out, say StormX. their chart below shows just how far behind plantings are in the state:
By Wednesday night, more showers are possible, keeping fields damp and further hindering planting progress.
It looks like a wet fortnight is in store for almost the entire Midwest, according to QT Weather. This will do little to help North Dakota farmers catch up with normal planting progress:
