U.S. winter wheat planting and emergence made solid progress the past week, although both remained behind their respective five-year average paces.
Nationwide winter wheat planting advanced 12 percentage points to 63% complete as of Sunday, still 6 points behind the five-year average of 69%, according to Monday’s USDA crop progress report.
In the major Hard Red Winter wheat states, Kansas planting reached 60% complete, compared to 44% a week earlier and the five-year average of 69%. Oklahoma planting advanced to 38% from 27% but remained well behind the average pace of 59%.
Among the Soft Red Winter wheat states, Michigan planting climbed to 51% complete, up from 33% the previous week and compared to the 61% average. Ohio planting advanced to 38% from 17% but remained behind its average of 62%.
Meanwhile, winter wheat emergence across the country reached 39%, an increase of 12 points from the previous week but 4 points behind the five-year average.
In Kansas, 30% of the winter wheat crop had emerged as of Sunday, up from 20% the previous week but behind the average of 43%. Oklahoma emergence reached 18%, compared to 11% a week earlier and 36% on average.
Michigan's winter wheat emergence advanced to 34%, up from 17% the previous week but trailing the average of 41%. In Ohio, emergence climbed to 18% from just 5% a week earlier, remaining behind the average pace of 27%.
