WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. winter wheat crop is deteriorating amid the drought plaguing much of the nation’s breadbasket.

Monday’s weekly update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service shows half the winter wheat in Kansas — the nation’s largest wheat producer — is now rated in poor to very poor condition. About 32 percent of the Kansas crop was still in fair shape, with 17 percent rated good and only 1 percent excellent.

Even that grim assessment is better than Kansas’ wheat-growing neighbors to the south. The report listed 77 percent of the Oklahoma crop and 76 percent of the Texas crop in poor to very poor condition.

Among the 18 major winter wheat-growing states overall, 42 percent of the crop is rated in poor to very poor condition.