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Southern Plains Wheat Conditions Improve in Latest Crop Weather Report

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:49:40 CDT

Oklahoma's wheat and canola crops improved over the last week. In the latest crop weather report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state's wheat crop rated 44 percent good to excellent, 41 percent fair and 15 percent poor to very poor. The crop gained one point in the excellent category and three points in the good category. Jointing of winter wheat reached 38 percent as of Sunday. The canola crop rated 64 percent fair to good. Conditions of small grains improved in areas of the Northeast, but significant moisture is needed in the North Central for wheat development. Pasture and range conditions rated 68 percent fair to good. Click here for the full Oklahoma report.


Winter wheat progress in Texas in the Northern High and Low Plains with warm temperatures. Wheat rated 55 percent good to excellent, 35 percent fair and 10 percent poor to very poor. The crop gained 4 points in the good to excellent category.   Corn and Sorghum planting has been slow, gaining only three points since last week. Corn was 14 percent planted and sorghum planting was seven percent complete. Range and pasture rated mostly good - fair. Click here for the full Texas report.


Temperatures were warmer than normal and moisture is limited in Kansas. Light precipitation was reported in southwest and northeast, while precipitation is needed in western Kansas. The winter wheat crop rated 41 percent good to excellent, 42 fair and 17 percent poor to very poor. The crop gained 1 point in the excellent category and gained four points in the poor to very poor category. Click here for the full Kansas report.
   

 

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