Winter wheat rated 43 percent fair

For the week ending April 8, there were 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northern Plains Regional Field Office, Kansas. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 35 percent very short, 35 short, 30 adequate, and 0 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 32 percent very short, 39 short, 29 adequate, and 0 surplus. Winter wheat condition rated 13 percent very poor, 31 poor, 43 fair, 12 good, and 1 excellent. Winter wheat jointing was 13 percent, well behind 41 last year and 35 for the five-year average.