Markets Extra

US spring wheat harvest progress for main growing states, October 13

Markets Extra15 Oct 2019by Markets Extra

Agrimoney crunches weekly USDA spring wheat harvest progress data for the week to Sunday.

Investors expected a 94% national figure, according to a Reuters poll.

The previous week’s data are available here.

US spring wheat harvest progress, October 13
	Harvest completed	Change on week	Change on year	Difference from 5-year average
Idaho	100%	+1	0	0
Minnesota	98%	0	-2	-2
Montana	88%	+2	-9	-9
North Dakota	93%	+3	-7	-7
South Dakota	100%	0	0	0
Washington	97%	+2	-3	-3
National reading	94%	+3	-6	-6
Sources: USDA, Agrimoney. All data in percentage points except harvest completed readings, given in percentages

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