According to the USDA Crop Progress Report for the week ending May 12, 2019, there were 2.7 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 4 short, 79 adequate, and 17 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 2 short, 84 adequate, and 14 surplus. Winter wheat conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 29 fair, 58 good, and 9 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 2 percent, near last year’s 1 percent, but behind the 12 percent average. In the northern Panhandle, producers said fields have finally dried out. A lot of spraying of fields an...
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