More than half of winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition

For the month of March, topsoil moisture supplies rated 4 percent very short, 19 short, 69 adequate, and 8 surplus, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northern Plains Regional Field Office, Nebraska. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 5 percent very short, 26 short, 67 adequate, and 2 surplus.

Winter wheat condition for March rated 1 percent very poor, 6 poor, 42 fair, 41 good, and 10 excellent.

For the week ending April 1, there were 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 2 percent very short, 18 short, 73 adequate, and 7 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 2 percent very short, 23 short, 73 adequate, and 2 surplus.

Winter wheat condition for the week ending April 1 rated 1 percent very poor, 5 poor, 43 fair, 39 good, and 12 excellent.

Oats planted was 10 percent, behind 25 last year and 20 for the five-year average.