Crop Progress: Winter Wheat at 51% Fair, Oat Planting Begins

April 5, 2022

Crop Progress: Winter Wheat at 51% Fair, Oat Planting Begins

By USDA NASS

Wheat field

For the week ending April 3, 2022, there were 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 33% very short, 48% short, 19% adequate and 0% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 32% very short, 50% short, 18% adequate and 0% surplus.

Field Crops Report:

Winter wheat condition rated 7% very poor, 15% poor, 51% fair, 23% good and 4% excellent.

Oats planted was 14%, near 16% last year, and equal to the five-year average.

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