date:Aug 28, 2013
tates. The U.S.D.A. said 42% of the spring wheat crop was harvested as of Aug. 25, up from 18% a week earlier but down from 54% as the five-year average. A total of 67% of the crop was rated good to excellent in the latest week, up from 66% the previous week, and 7% was rated very poor to poor, the same as the previous week.
The oats harvest was progressing rapidly, though modestly lagging the five-year average. The U.S.D.A. said 83% of the crop was harvested as of Aug. 25, down from the 88% fi