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Winter wheat planting begins in South Dakota

The USDA says South Dakota farmers have started planting winter wheat.

The weekly crop progress report on Tuesday says winter wheat was two percent planted as of Sunday, near three percent last year, and equal to the average pace.

Ninety-seven percent of spring wheat has been harvested, two percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

The USDA says the state’s corn condition is rated 48 percent good-to-excellent, down from 51 percent the week prior. Fifty-five percent of the crop has dented.

Soybeans are rated 51 percent good-to-excellent, down four percent from the previous week. Ninety-seven percent of the crop is setting pods with 12 percent dropping leaves.