USDA rated the winter wheat crop 45% “good” to “excellent” and 21% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop declined 3.4 points to 315.8 amid a 3-point drop in top producer Kansas. The SRW crop dropped 1.4 points to 368.8, as a 4.4-point decline in top producer Illinois offset improvements in the other states. CCI ratings for both crops remain below year-ago.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
This week | Last week | Last year | |
Kansas (33.53%*) | 106.28 | 109.29 | 120.80 |
Oklahoma (10.93%) | 34.98 | 35.75 | 43.55 |
Texas (8.79%) | 25.39 | 24.16 | 25.18 |
Colorado (7.62%) | 25.60 | 26.59 | 21.83 |
Nebraska (4.94%) | 13.25 | 13.25 | 17.03 |
S. Dakota (5.22%) | 13.64 | 14.21 | 15.99 |
Montana (10.53%) | 38.45 | 37.08 | 29.37 |
HRW total | 315.80 | 319.17 | 325.59 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat | |||
This week | Last week | Last year | |
Missouri (12.56%*) | 48.10 | 46.47 | 37.61 |
Illinois (21.09%) | 74.46 | 78.89 | 61.64 |
Ohio (15.84%) | 57.64 | 57.17 | 53.21 |
Arkansas (2.71%) | 9.23 | 9.18 | 9.20 |
Indiana (8.77%) | 32.79 | 32.53 | 28.37 |
N. Carolina (8.67%) | 33.55 | 33.37 | 30.24 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 52.27 | 51.57 | 53.80 |
SRW total | 368.77 | 370.13 | 385.52 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.