The 2023 Oklahoma winter wheat crop is ending February in better condition than the 2022 crop was facing. The USDA’s Crop Condition report released on Monday afternoon for Oklahoma shows the 2023 crop in 36% good to excellent condition(only one percent rated excellent) and is called 41% in poor to very poor condition. The 2022 crop at the end of last February was rated 11% in good to excellent and 55% poor to very poor. Wheat pasture grazing stands at 63% here in 2023 versus 66% in 2022.
In contrast- the Kansas crop condition ratings show a worse crop this year versus 12 months ago. Kansas wheat is 19% good to excellent and 51% poor to very poor- the 2022 crop last winter stood at 37% good to excellent and 28% poor to very poor.
The Texas crop is ending February at 19% good to excellent and 49% poor to very poor.
While Kansas does not have a pasture/range rating this week- Oklahoma and Texas do- and Texas has just 9% of their pastures in good to excellent shape- 68% in poor to very poor condition. Oklahoma pastures are also struggling at just 7% good and 58% poor to very poor.
There are no national numbers this early in the season- those national crop condition ratings come in a few weeks- but click on the state names below for their latest reports from USDA.
Oklahoma Crop Conditions as of February 27
Kansas Crop Conditions as of February 26
Texas Crop Conditions as of February 26
