More than half of the 2025 US winter wheat crop has now been planted, while one-quarter of the crop has emerged.
According to Monday’s USDA crop progress report, planting advanced 12 points from the previous week to reach 51% complete as of Sunday, slightly behind the average trade guess of 53% and a single point behind both last year and the five-year average. Meanwhile, emergence gained 11 points on the week to 25%, exactly on par with last year and the average.
Planting in the top production state of Kansas was 52% done as of Sunday, up from 32% a week earlier and near 51% last year and 50% on average. The Kansas crop was 21% emerged as of Sunday, up from 10% the previous week and 3 points behind last year and the average.
The Oklahoma crop was 32% planted, up 10 points on the week and well behind 43% last year and 46% on average, while just 14% of the crop had emerged, versus 19% last year and 22% on average.
The planting of the Soft Red crop in Michigan was 44% complete as of Sunday, up from 26% a week earlier and 7 points ahead the state average, while emergence, at 15%, was still 2 points behind average.
The Ohio crop was roughly one-third planted (32%) as of Sunday, a 15-point increase from a week earlier and 7 points ahead of last year but 4 points back of the average. The Ohio crop was 8% emerged as of Sunday compared to 3% last year and 7% on average.
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