Cotton Harvest Picks Up The Pace While Winter Wheat Planting Winds Down Across The Plains

The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture crop progress report indicates harvested sorghum reached 96 percent, equal to the average. Harvested cotton reached 77 percent, 7 points below the average.

Winter wheat conditions are rated 58 percent good to excellent, 32 percent fair, 8 percent poor and 2 percent very poor. Winter wheat emerged reached 92 percent, on par with the average. For the complete USDA Crop Progress report, click here.

In the weekly crop progress report from USDA, Oklahoma winter wheat emerged reached 96 percent, unchanged from the previous year. Soybeans harvested reached 85 percent, down 6 points from the previous year and down 3 points from normal.