ND Winter Wheat Crop in Good Condition

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Eighty-one percent of North Dakota's winter wheat crop is rated in good to excellent condition as the year comes to a close.

The Agriculture Department's latest crop report says cattle and calf conditions across the state are rated 87 percent good to excellent, though colder-than-normal temperatures during December increased livestock feed usage across much of the state.

Stock water supplies are rated 97 percent adequate to surplus, and hay and forage supplies are 98 percent adequate to surplus.