Winter wheat development and spring wheat planting update
Farm and Ranch June 2, 2011 The latest crop progress report from the USDA shows that at the start of this week spring wheat planting in the Pacific Northwest was 95 percent complete or more. But as USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey explains, that is not nearly the case nationally due to wet weather. Rippey: “Just 68% planted. Five year average pace 95%. Last year 94%. In Montana only 59% percent planted. North Dakota just 55% by May 29th.” Much of the spring wheat has emerged in the PNW but not so elsewhere. Rippey: “Spring wheat emergence 40%. Five year average pace 81% and last year also 81%.” Rippey says the winter wheat crop is heading out in most areas. Rippey: “But much delayed by cool, wet weather in the north and northwest. Seventy-two percent headed by May 29th. Five year average pace 76%. Last year‘s pace 73%.” Heading in Oregon is at 31 percent while the five year average for now is 49%. In Washington 15 percent of the crop has headed when usually 36 percent would be by now. Winter wheat heading in Idaho is not so far off of average at two percent. USDA says 86 percent of the U.S. corn crop was planted at the start of this week and the first condition rating of the year put the corn crop in 63 percent good to excellent condition down from 76 percent a year ago. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s the Northwest Farm and Ranch Report on Northwest Aginfo Net. ?
