date:Aug 21, 2013
difficult of all agricultural crops to assess.
While the Crop Progress report showed that the hard red winter wheat crop is almost completely harvested (96% as of Aug. 18), the spring wheat harvest is still in its beginning stages.
The U.S.D.A. said 18% of the crop in the six major states was harvested in the latest week, well behind the 38% five-year average but up from 6% harvested as of Aug. 11. The crops condition stayed the same 66% in the good-to-excellent category as of Aug. 18. A to