CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service in a weekly crop report earlier this week rated 43 percent of the Kansas winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition, up from 35 percent a week earlier.
Kansas is the biggest U.S. winter wheat producer. The USDA reported surplus moisture in 16 percent of Kansas topsoil, down from 17 percent a week ago.
For Texas, the No. 2 winter wheat state by planted area, the USDA rated 36 percent of the crop as good to excellent, up from 31 percent the previous week.
The Texas corn crop was 12 percent planted, ahead of the state’s five-year average of 6 percent.
For Oklahoma, the USDA rated 57 percent of the winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition, up from 46 percent a week earlier.
The USDA on Jan. 10 said U.S. farmers planted 30.804 million acres of winter wheat for 2020 harvest, down one percnt from a year earlier and the fewest since 1909.
