The condition of the 2027 U.S. winter wheat crop improved over the past week, with gains reported in some major producing states.
Monday's USDA crop progress report pegged the national winter wheat crop at 49% good to excellent as of Sunday, up 5 percentage points from the previous week. The proportion rated poor to very poor declined two points to 16%, while 35% was rated fair, down from 38%.
A year-earlier comparison is unavailable because last year's U.S. government shutdown interrupted the USDA's weekly Crop Progress reports between Oct. 1 and Nov. 13, 2025.
In Kansas, the largest U.S. winter wheat-producing state, 51% of the crop was rated good to excellent, up 4 points from the previous week. The proportion rated poor to very poor declined to 16% from 20%.
Conditions improved more sharply in Oklahoma, where 36% of the crop was rated good to excellent, up 11 points from a week earlier. The poor to very poor rating dropped to 13% from 25%.
In the Soft Red Winter wheat states, Michigan's crop was rated 72% good to excellent, up 7 points on the week. Just 1% was rated poor to very poor, compared to 2% a week earlier.
Ohio's winter wheat crop was rated 75% good to excellent, up 7 points from 68% the previous week. The poor to very poor rating increased slightly to 4% from 3%.
Meanwhile, winter wheat planting across the U.S. reached 89% complete as of Nov. 8, up 6 points from the previous week but one point behind the five-year average of 90%.
Crop emergence advanced 11 points to 76%, putting it two points ahead of the five-year average.
