date:Jun 19, 2013
% as the five-year average. Planting in top-producing North Dakota which has been plagued by excessive rainfall was 86% completed compared with 96% as the average. Spring wheat emerged was 84% as of June 16, down from the 94% five-year average. The portion of the crop rated good-to-excellent by the U.S.D.A. was 68%, up from 62% the previous week but below 76% at the same time last year.
This years winter and spring wheat crops, as well as corn and soybeans, havent developed as rapidly in 2013