Winter wheat rated 62 percent fair

For the week ending April 8, there were 0.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northern Plains Regional Field Office, South Dakota. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 4 percent very short, 20 short, 72 adequate, and 4 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 10 percent very short, 31 short, 58 adequate, and 1 surplus. Winter wheat condition rated 2 percent very poor, 14 poor, 62 fair, 22 good, and 0 excellent.