USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report - Winter Wheat Condition Tied for Lowest Rating in 40 Years

OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. winter wheat condition, already the lowest in decades, dropped another point last week, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress Report on Monday.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Crop condition: Nationwide, winter wheat was rated 27% good to excellent, down 1 percentage point from 28% the previous week and 5 percentage points below last year's rating at this time of 32%. The current rating is tied with 1996 for the lowest in four decades, noted DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman. The crop in the top winter wheat-producer Kansas is rated only 13% good to excellent.

-- Crop development: 7% of winter wheat was headed nationwide as of Sunday. That's 2 percentage points ahead of last year's 5% and 3 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 4%.

CORN

-- Planting progress: Corn planting moved ahead just 1 percentage point last week to reach 3% as of Sunday, May 9. That is 1 percentage point ahead of both last year and the five-year average. Texas leads the way at 61% planted, ahead of its average pace of 58%. Missouri's corn was 7% planted, ahead of the state's average of 3%.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Planting progress: 1% of spring wheat crop was planted, down from the five-year average of 4% with some early progress in Washington.