date:May 22, 2013
eflecting the prolonged cool spring. Winter wheat headed in the 18 states as of May 19 was 43%, compared with 80% at the same time last year and 62% as the 2008-12 average for the date.
Spring wheat planting advanced to 67% completed in the six major states as of May 19, up from 43% a week earlier but behind 98% at the same time last year and 76% as the 2008-12 average for the date, with top-producing North Dakota the furthest behind at only 50% seeded compared with 67% as the average for the d