date:May 22, 2013
od in South Dakota (5% good) and 53% in Montana (52%).
In contrast, ratings in most soft winter wheat states improved from already strong ratings a week earlier. Winter wheat rated good to excellent was 75% in Illinois (73% a week earlier), 72% in Indiana (73%), 76% in Ohio (72%) 68% in Missouri (63%), 58% in Arkansas (57%), 75% in North Carolina (74%) and 63% in Michigan (60%), the U.S.D.A. said.
But wheat development remained behind average in many states, both hard winter and soft winter, r