The US winter wheat harvest is close to wrapping up for the year, while the spring wheat harvest continues to lag the average pace.
According to Monday’s USDA crop progress report, the national winter wheat harvest advanced 4 points from the previous week to reach 90% complete as of Sunday, 2 points behind last year and 1 point behind the five-year average.
Meanwhile, the spring wheat harvest was 16% done as of Sunday, up from 5% the previous week and matching last year but 6 points behind average.
In the primary spring wheat production state of North Dakota, the harvest gained 8 points on the week to 9% complete, compared to 10% last year and 12% on average. The Minnesota harvest climbed 10 points to 15% done, well ahead of just 8% last year but well back of 27% on average.
The Montana spring wheat harvest was 21% complete as of Sunday, up from 4% a week earlier and ahead of 20% last year but still back of 27% on average. At 43% done, the South Dakota spring wheat harvest jumped 20 points from a week earlier but remained behind 52% last year and 59% on average.
For the winter wheat harvest, most of the main production states are now finished or are more than 90% done. In Michigan, the Soft Red harvest advanced 9 points to reach 98% complete as of Sunday, compared to 99% last year and 95% on average.
