The American winter wheat harvest has passed the halfway mark, while the condition of the spring wheat crop dropped further below last year.
An estimated 53% of the national winter wheat crop was in the bin as of Sunday, according to Monday’s USDA crop progress report. That’s up from 37% a week earlier and near the average of 54%, but well behind 62% last year.
Meanwhile, the spring wheat condition rating dropped 3 points from a week earlier to 50% good to excellent as of Sunday – now 25 points lower compared to last year.
In the top winter wheat state of Kansas, the harvest jumped 29 points on the week to reach 82% complete. That’s still behind 90% last year but now 5 points ahead of the five-year average, despite earlier weather-related delays. The Oklahoma harvest advanced 12 points to 83% done, compared to 96% on average. Last year at this time, the state winter wheat harvest was finished.