U.S. winter wheat planting made solid progress this past week, although the national pace remained behind normal.
Monday’s USDA crop progress report showed 36% of the 2027 American winter wheat crop was in the ground as of Sunday, up 9 percentage points from a week earlier. However, planting remained well behind the five-year average of 46%.
Kansas planting advanced to 24% complete from 18% the previous week, compared with the five-year average of 40%. Oklahoma reached 14% planted from 7% a week earlier, far behind the state average of 35%.
In Michigan, planting increased to 23% from 18%, trailing the five-year average of 33%. Ohio remained particularly slow at just 2% planted, up from 1% the previous week and far behind the 24% average.
Winter wheat emergence also accelerated nationally, with 16% of the crop emerged as of Sunday, double the 8% reported a week earlier and slightly behind the five-year average of 20%.
Kansas emergence reached 10%, up from 3% the previous week but still below the 16% average. Oklahoma had 3% of its crop emerged after none was reported the previous week, compared with a normal pace of 16%.
Michigan emergence edged up to 4% from 3%, trailing its 13% five-year average. No winter wheat emergence was reported in Ohio, compared with a five-year average of 3% by this point in the season.
