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US spring wheat harvest progress for major growing states, September 29

Markets Extra30 Sep 2019by Markets Extra

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

Investors expected a 92% national figure, according to a Reuters poll.

The previous week’s data are available here.

US spring wheat harvest progress, September 29
	Harvest completed	Change on week	Change on year	Difference from 5-year average
Idaho	97%	+2	-3	-3
Minnesota	97%	+3	-3	-3
Montana	84%	+4	-13	-13
North Dakota	89%	+4	-11	-9
South Dakota	100%	+1	0	0
Washington	93%	+2	-7	-7
National reading	90%	+3	-10	-9
Sources: USDA, Agrimoney. All data in percentage points except harvest completed readings, given in percentages

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