When USDA’s final weekly crop condition ratings of the fall are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop jumped 11.3 points to 280.3, though that was still 51.9 points below the five-year average for the end of November. The SRW crop improved 2.8 points to 360.2, which was still 14.5 points below average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 102.97 | 105.35 | 158.84 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 37.91 | 33.69 | 48.35 |
Texas (7.77%) | 22.53 | 19.43 | 24.14 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 17.99 | 15.90 | 27.68 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 12.01 | 11.83 | 20.97 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 13.10 | 13.10 | 13.97 |
Montana (8.42%) | 29.12 | 26.85 | 23.20 |
HRW total | 280.28 | 269.98 | 324.42 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Missouri (9.72%*) | 34.99 | 34.21 | 35.36 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 51.47 | 51.31 | 57.04 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 50.95 | 49.97 | 43.63 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.65 | 9.91 | 6.84 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 26.39 | 26.69 | 25.76 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 30.24 | 29.92 | 24.03 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 52.41 | 52.13 | 45.46 |
SRW total | 360.24 | 357.47 | 361.29 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.