date:May 22, 2013
ior week and 14% last year.
Mostly abysmal ratings in the hard red winter wheat states slipped further, with wheat in Kansas rated 42% poor to very poor (41% a week earlier), Oklahoma 52% (47%), Texas 76% (73%), Colorado 52% (47%), Nebraska 49% (48%), South Dakota 59% (61%) and Montana 14% (15%). Wheat rated good to excellent in those states was 28% in Kansas (28% a week earlier), 19% in Oklahoma (21%), 6% good in Texas (9% good to excellent), 16% in Colorado (16%), 11% in Nebraska (12%), 8% go