date:Jun 26, 2013
to poor at the same time a year ago.
The hard red winter wheat crop may have sustained some damage by the extremes of soil moisture and unseasonably late freezes of its growing season. The U.S.D.A. said 32% of the 2013 crop is in good to excellent condition while 43% remains in very poor to poor condition. A year ago at the same time, only 17% was very poor to poor while 65% was in good-to-excellent condition.