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US winter wheat harvest progress for major growing states, June 16

Markets Extra17 Jun 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, June 16
	Plantings completed	Change on week	Change on year	Difference from 5-year average
Arkansas	59%	+32	-24	-1
California	40%	+40	+2	-4
Colorado	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	-	-	-
Illinois	6%	+6	-20	-15
Indiana	4%	+4	-1	-4
Kansas	1%	+1	-19	-11
Michigan	-	-	-	-
Missouri	11%	+11	-28	-15
Montana	-	-	-	-
Nebraska	-	-	-	-
North Carolina	44%	+13	-6	-1
Ohio	-	-	-	-1
Oklahoma	16%	+12	-54	-40
Oregon	-	-	-	-
South Dakota	-	-	-	-
Texas	42%	+15	-22	-14
Washington	-	-	-	-
National reading	8%	+4	-17	-12
Sources: USDA, Agrimoney. All data in percentage points except plantings completed readings, give in percentages

Investors expected a 14% harvest progress figure, according to a Reuters poll.

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