The USDA’s first crop condition reading of the US winter wheat crop, at 28% good or excellent, was the lowest initial reading for a calendar year since 1996.
Investors had expected a 31% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent of crop rated good or excellent |
Change on last reading* |
| Arkansas | 57 | -7 |
| California | 95 | -5 |
| Colorado | 27 | -3 |
| Idaho | 17 | -20 |
| Illinois | 56 | +26 |
| Indiana | 69 | +7 |
| Kansas | 16 | -5 |
| Michigan | 57 | -10 |
| Missouri | 75 | +12 |
| Montana | 24 | -20 |
| Nebraska | 22 | +2 |
| North Carolina | 79 | -3 |
| Ohio | 59 | +1 |
| Oklahoma | 26 | -5 |
| Oregon | 44 | -26 |
| South Dakota | 23 | -4 |
| Texas | 18 | -3 |
| Washington | 39 | -25 |
| 18 states | 28 | -6 |
| Source: USDA. Condition data in percent. Change on week data in percentage points. The USDA released its last condition readings for the 2023 winter wheat crop in late November | ||
