The U-S winter wheat crop is emerging ahead of the five year average, but the quality is slipping.
The USDA says 92 per cent of the wheat has emerged, 3 points ahead of the average.
The crop condition is 58 per cent good to excellent.
That's down 2 points from last week - 4 points behind last year.
The U-S corn and soybean crops are coming off close to their five year average.
94 per cent of the corn and 97 per cent of the soybeans are harvested.
That's 2 points ahead of the average for corn, 1 point behind for soybeans.
