# Winter wheat planting reaches 90% in USDA crop district that includes Ellis County - Hays311.com

> As of Nov. 1, farmers in the USDA's Central Kansas crop reporting district had planted 90% of their winter wheat, ahead of the statewide 86%. Statewide, sorghum and soybean harvests lagged their five-year averages while corn harvest was near average.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-05T09:05:38.193Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81408-winter-wheat-planting-reaches-90-in-usda-crop-district-that-includes-ellis
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Steady planting and near-average crop progress suggest no immediate supply shock for Kansas hard red wheat or feed grains, so the price impact is minimal. Lagging sorghum and soybean harvests are a small negative for feed sorghum availability.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2017-11-30 | [USDA Reports Offer Early Snapshots of 2018/19 U.S. Winter Wheat Crop - U.S. Wheat Associates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68036-usda-reports-offer-early-snapshots-of-2018-19-u-s-winter-wheat-crop-u-s-wheat.md) | -1.8% | +3.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2023-05-15 | [USDA sees 26pc drop in Australia's new-crop wheat - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35906-usda-sees-26pc-drop-in-australia-s-new-crop-wheat-grain-central.md) | -7.6% | -10.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-05-19 | [USDA: Wheat Stocks Drop, But Prices Hold](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53171-usda-wheat-stocks-drop-but-prices-hold.md) | +0.2% | -1.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-07-13 | [Global wheat prices soften in June: USDA - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52172-global-wheat-prices-soften-in-june-usda-grain-central.md) | +0.3% | -7.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-05-13 | [USDA forecasts Australian new-crop wheat at 31Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24628-usda-forecasts-australian-new-crop-wheat-at-31mt-grain-central.md) | +4.9% | +5.8% |

## Sources

- hays311.com: https://www.hays311.com/stories/2026-11-04-winter-wheat-planting-reaches-90-in-usda-crop-district-that-includes-ellis-county/

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