wheat heading

When it comes to the heading progress of the national winter wheat crop, figures crossed the ¾ mark over the weekend.   USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey said that May 25th heading figure is ahead of the five-year average of 70%, but slightly behind the 76% we saw this time last year.   “We now...

Cooler, and in some cases, wetter weather across the western and northern states slowed down the development of the winter wheat crop slightly this week.   “We had been running quite a bit ahead and as a result, winter wheat heading progress stays ahead of average 64% of the crop headed on May 18th," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  " five-y...

“The heading progress for winter wheat, nationally, 8% of the U.S. winter wheat crop headed by April 13th.  That's right on par with the five-year average, two points behind last year's 10%," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey recapping the latest numbers from the USDA’s crop progress report.  He noted that most ...

Cooler weather across the country has slowed the progress of the national winter wheat crop. "We continue to see cold weather slowing overall development of the crop, so it is running a few days behind schedule," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey ...

When it comes to the national pace of winter wheat heading, things are slightly behind schedule. "We're seeing just 27% of the over winter wheat crop headed on May 2nd. That's well behind the 5-year average pace of 34%. Also behind last year's 30% ...

When taking a look at the latest national winter wheat numbers, the USDA says 10% of the crop is heading, which is behind the five-year average of 14% also behind last year's 13%. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey said while the heading pace is currently behind schedule ...

When taking a look at winter wheat heading numbers nationwide, " nearly complete nationally, 95%. One point behind the 5 year average but three percentage points ahead of this time a year ago," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. When transitioning over to winter wheat harvesting, " all over the place ...

Currently, national winter wheat heading is at 94%, slightly behind the five year average of 99%.   “With the late development it's going to be a slower harvest this year not to mention the excessive wetness in the soft red winter wheat belt. As a resu...