US winter wheat planting is running slightly ahead of the average pace, but emergence is slightly behind.
National winter wheat planting reached 25% complete as of Sunday, according to Monday’s USDA crop progress report. That is up from 14% a week earlier and modestly ahead of 23% last year and 24% on average. On the other hand, 4% of the crop had emerged as of Sunday, compared to 6% last year and 5% on average.
Pre-report expectations were for planting to be shown at 26% complete in today’s report.
In the top production state of Kansas, planting advanced 7 points on the week to 16% complete as of Sunday, compared to 15% last year and 17% on average. At 16% complete, Oklahoma planting was up 10 points from a week earlier and on par with last year but 3 points behind average.
The planting of the Soft Red crop reached 17% complete in Michigan as of Sunday, up 7 points from the previous week and well ahead of 5% last year and 11% on average. Ohio planting gained 3 points on the week to 4% done, versus 2% last year and 5% on average.
The Kansas crop was 2% emerged as of Sunday, 1 point behind the state average. No crop was yet reported emerged in Oklahoma, compared to 4% last year and 2% on average.
No winter wheat had also yet emerged in either Michigan or Ohio.
Meanwhile, the US spring wheat harvest was up 4 points on the week to 96% complete as of Sunday, 1 point ahead of last year and the average.
