Spring wheat harvest is now in full swing in all six spring wheat growing states. The USDA Crop Progress report indicated that 5% of the crop was harvested as of August 3. This lags the five-year average of 9%.

As more of the wheat gets cut, it appears the condition continues to decline. Only 48% of the crop was rated in good to excellent condition. Let’s look at conditions by state:

>> Washington reports 24% of the crop is harvested. That is an increase from 11% the prior week and ahead of the 19% five-year average. The USDA rates the crop condition as 48% poor or very poor, 16% good to excellent and 36% fair.

>> South Dakota has 23% of the crop harvested. That is significantly behind the five-year average of 40%. There were only 4.6 days that proved suitable for fieldwork the week ending August 3. The USDA rated 51% of the state’s crop as good to excellent, 44% as fair and 5% as poor to very poor.

>> Idaho reached 9% harvested. This is slightly ahead of the 8% five-year average. The USDA rated the spring wheat at 42% good to excellent, 39% fair and 19% poor to very poor.

>> Minnesota harvested 5% of its spring wheat crop. That’s behind the five-year average of 13%. This is due to only 4.7 days that were suitable for fieldwork during the week. However, the state leads the spring wheat condition with 85% rated good to excellent. None of the crop was rated poor.

>> Montana reached 4% of the crop harvested. This is 7% behind the five-year average. The state has the worst crop condition, with 5% rated good to excellent and 48% rated fair.

>> North Dakota is just getting started with 1% of the crop harvested. That is 3% behind the five-year average. The USDA ranks the state’s spring wheat condition as 64% good to excellent, 32% fair and 4% poor to very poor.

Read more on the spring wheat harvest here.