Weekly USDA wheat ratings rise in Kansas, drop in Oklahoma, Colorado

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service in a weekly crop report on Monday rated 32% of the winter wheat in top producer Kansas in good-to-excellent condition, up from 25% a week earlier.

* U.S. farmers planted 34.4 million acres (13.9 million hectares) of winter wheat for 2022, the most in six years, the USDA said in January. However, dry conditions across most of the Plains have threatened crop prospects.

* For Oklahoma, the USDA rated 18% of the winter wheat crop as good-to-excellent, down from 21% a week earlier.

* For Texas, the No. 2 winter wheat state by