date:May 11, 2016
as report said. Its topsoil moisture was rated 12% surplus, 80% adequate, 6% short and 2% very short.
Spring wheat planting went to 77% versus 84% a year ago the 51% average. The crop was 39% emerged versus 47% last year and the 25% average.
Spring wheat planting in North Dakota, the top spring wheat state, was 69% and emergence was 27%, both of those are behind last year but ahead of the five-year averages.
Even though producers did benefit from the dry conditions to plant their crops, more