USDA rated the US winter wheat crop at 32% good to excellent, that was up 2% from the previous week and was viewed as a little bit of a surprise that the crop improved.

A combination of some rain in portions of Oklahoma and the fact that as the crop greens up sometimes it looks better allowed for the crop conditions to improve by 2% on a nationwide average.

Keep in mind this is still far below average which is around 52% this time of year, its below last years rating of 53% good to excellent, and the rating from 2 years ago at 62% good to excellent.

The current crop rating is among some of the lowest over the last 36 years.