date:Apr 10, 2013
date for the previous years crop of 61% good to excellent, 29% fair and 10% poor to very poor.
There remained wide variations in crop ratings with the condition of wheat in most hard red winter states generally much worse than wheat in soft red winter states, with many of the latter having received adequate to ample moisture over the winter and early spring.
Not only has hard red winter wheat in all major states except Montana faced ongoing drought since last fall, there have been pockets of