US winter wheat harvest progress was not quite as good as expected this past week.
According to Monday’s USDA crop progress report, the nationwide harvest advanced 9 points from the previous week to reach 63% complete as of Sunday. That is well ahead of 43% last year and 52% on average but fell short of trade expectations of around 68%.
In the top production state of Kansas, the harvest gained 12 points on the week to 92% done as of Sunday, far ahead of 55% last year and 20 points better than average.
The Soft Red harvest in Michigan jumped 28 points to 31% complete, compared to only 2% last year and 3% on average, while the Ohio harvest advanced 39 points to 88% done – also well ahead of last year and average at 24% and 46%, respectively.
In Illinois, the harvest inched another 4 points ahead to 93% complete as of Sunday, ahead of 86% last year and 8 points ahead of average.
