The calendar turns to April next Wednesday. USDA’s first weekly crop update comes the following Monday, but state ag departments continue their weekly updates and the early picture for winter wheat shows damaged caused by temperature fluctuations the last 30, 45 days.
Top producing state, Kansas, reporting good to excellent ratings now below 50%, well below USDA’s fall rating, 62%. And in fact, the lowest early spring rating in three years. Nebraska showing just 30% good to excellent.
Colorado, 24%. And even lower in Oklahoma, only 14% of the crop rated good to excellent.
Audio Reporting by Mark Oppold for Southeast AgNet.
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