CHICAGO: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service in a weekly crop report on Monday rated 51 percent of the Kansas winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition, up from 49 percent a week earlier.
* Kansas is the biggest U.S. winter wheat producer. The USDA reported surplus moisture in 44 percent of Kansas topsoil, unchanged from a week ago.
* For Texas, the No. 2 winter wheat state by planted area, the USDA rated 28 percent of the crop as good to excellent, a decline from 36 percent the previous week.
* The USDA rated 30 percent of Texas' wheat as poor to very poor, up from 24 percent a week earlier.
* The Texas corn crop was 11 percent planted, up from 5 percent a week ago but behind the five-year average of 16 percent.
* For Oklahoma, the USDA rated 56 percent of the winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition, up from 53 percent a week earlier.
* The USDA said 5 percent of Oklahoma's winter wheat had reached the jointing stage of growth, compared with 12 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 10 percent.
* For Arkansas, the USDA rated 25 percent of the state's winter wheat as good to excellent.
* The USDA on Feb. 8 said U.S. farmers planted 31.290 million acres of winter wheat, the fewest since 1909.
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