Big jump in final fall HRW CCI rating

The CCI ratings for HRW and SRW are both well below the respective five-year averages.

Canada Winter Wheat Field
Canada Winter Wheat Field

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.