U.S. HARVEST LATEST NEWS – SPECIAL NORTHERN DURUM
Favorable weather sped up harvest progress in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
SRW harvest continues to move forward.
Chronic drought conditions throughout the northern and PNW states are raising yield and variable protein level concerns.
An early harvest of the drought-stressed SW crop is expected to begin this weekend.
Meanwhile the northern durum growing region could use rain.
Actually northern durum emergence remains behind the 5-year average with Montana at 80% and NorthDakota at 89%.
The slow emergence is likely due to dry conditions and delayed planting, but as we just said, growing’s regions could advantage by recent and those forecasted rains for next days.
Drought conditions, however, will continue to dominate the two states as warm temperatures and minimal precipitation are forecast.
Crop conditions, indeed, have dropped for the durum growing region but continue to fare better than HRS.
The current crop condition ratings for North Dakota are at 48% good to excellent and 81% in Montana.
Data sourced by NASS
