US spring wheat sowings have fallen well behind the average pace, after a poor week of progress in top growing state North Dakota, as well as Minnesota, US Department of Agriculture statistics show.

Details of the data are below.

For last week’s report, click here.

State Planting progress (%)
Change on week Change on year Difference from 5-year average
Idaho 57 +20 -22 -10
Minnesota 1 +1 -63 -23
Montana 31 +13 0 +5
North Dakota 5 +1 -34 -13
South Dakota 48 +12 -30 -3
Washington 75 +2 -10 +1
18 States 19 +6 -27 -9
Source: USDA. Planting progress data in percent. Other data in percentage points