date:May 08, 2013
g in top-producing North Dakota was 7% completed. The spring wheat crop was 5% emerged in the six states, compared with 43% last year and 19% as the average.
Sugar beet planting at 24% also significantly lagged the year-ago pace of 97% and the five-year average of 65%. No beets had been planted in North Dakota and only 4% in top-producing Minnesota as of May 5. The four-state total was boosted by 98% completion in Idaho.
Winter wheat condition ratings again slipped. Rated good to excellent in