Full report:
I will bet that the first Winter wheat crop rating next week will come in extremely low!
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U.S. #corn was 61% harvested and #soybeans 80% complete as of Sunday, both ahead of normal. #Cotton and #sorghum progress also quicker than usual. Winter #wheat is 49% emerged - first conditions of the season will be published next week.
Looking at harvest pace versus prior years.... certainly wouldn't be the original expectation considering how slow planting was - particularly for corn.
Harvest of U.S. #soybeans isn't lagging in any of the top states. Ohio, Louisiana and Illinois (#1 grower) are the slowest versus average, and western states are again leading the effort.
U.S. #corn harvest is most advanced versus the five-year average in western states, where it has been very dry in recent weeks/months. Not as much the case for eastern areas, though only a couple states are considerably lagging.
Mike, which contract do you think will be more affected, Chicago or Kansas?
becker,
I would think the HRW/Kansas City wheat crop will have the worst conditions. The rains this week helped a great deal in some places but missed others.
I'll guess that KS/NE/SD will have some of the worst ratings.
https://www.iweathernet.com/total-rainfall-map-24-hours-to-72-hours
https://water.weather.gov/precip/
Precip this week
90 day % average precip
