Wheat Condition Declines in Latest Crop Report, with Recent Freeze Damage Still Unaccounted For

 

In this week’s Crop Progress report released on Monday, April 9, 2018 the USDA rates the US wheat crop’s condition at 35 percent poor to very poor up 5 points from the previous week, 35 fair down 3 points from last week and 30 good to excellent down 2 points from the previous report. To view this complete report, click or tap here.

 

In Oklahoma, winter wheat’s condition is rated 57 percent poor to very poor up 11 points from the previous week, 33 fair down 12 points from last week and 10 good to excellent up just 1 point. Winter wheat jointing reached 57 percent, up 11 points from last week but behind normal by 14. Wheat headed is at just 1 percent complete this week, 6 behind this time last year and behind the average of 2. Canola’s condition is rated this week at 63 percent poor to very poor increasing from last week by 13, dropping 10 points last week in the fair category to 32 and down 3 points from last week at 5 percent good to excellent. Canola blooming reached 23 percent, up 7 points from last week and behind normal by 11 points. Corn planted reached 12 percent this week, up 8 points from last week but still trailing the average by 9 and last year by 3. Sorghum planted reached 1 percent this week, down 2 points from normal. Conditions of pasture and range were rated at 37 percent poor to very poor, 48 fair and 15 good to excellent. To view this complete report, click or tap here.

 

 

In Kansas, winter wheat condition rated 13 percent very poor, 31 poor, 43 fair, 12 good, and 1 excellent. Winter wheat jointing was 13 percent, well behind 41 last year and 35 for the five-year average. Corn planting was 2 percent, near 4 last year, and behind 7 average. To view this complete report, click or tap here.