Markets Extra

US winter wheat harvest progress for major growing states, August 4

Markets Extra06 Aug 2019by Markets Extra

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

A breakdown of the previous week’s report is available by clicking here.

US winter wheat harvest progress, August 4
	Harvest completed	Change on week	Change on year	Difference from 5-year average
Arkansas	100%	0	0	0
California	100%	+3	+3	+3
Colorado	92%	+12	-7	-5
Idaho	15%	+9	-30	-31
Illinois	100%	+2	0	0
Indiana	100%	+4	0	+1
Kansas	99%	+1	-1	-1
Michigan	74%	+29	-18	-18
Missouri	100%	0	0	0
Montana	26%	=25	-14	-36
Nebraska	75%	+20	-18	-21
North Carolina	100%	0	0	0
Ohio	97%	+4	-3	-2
Oklahoma	100%	0	0	0
Oregon	52%	+19	-23	-24
South Dakota	49%	+25	-39	-32
Texas	100%	0	0	0
Washington	35%	+16	-11	-23
National reading	82%	+7	-7	-10
Sources: USDA, Agrimoney. All data in percentage points except harvest progress readings, given in percentages

Investors expected an 84% harvest progress figure, according to a Reuters poll.

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