When USDA’s weekly crop condition ratings are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop dropped 1.7 points to 269.0, which was 70.6 points below the five-year average. The SRW rating inched up 0.5 point to 357.5 and has improved each week since the initial rating, though that was still 4.3 points below the five-year average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 105.35 | 105.35 | 158.84 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 33.69 | 32.92 | 50.26 |
Texas (7.77%) | 19.43 | 19.58 | 24.51 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 15.90 | 16.88 | 29.07 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 11.83 | 12.06 | 20.80 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 13.10 | 12.30 | 14.06 |
Montana (8.42%) | 26.85 | 28.45 | 24.70 |
HRW total | 269.98 | 270.64 | 329.62 |
* 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%*) | 34.21 | 33.43 | 35.46 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 51.31 | 51.94 | 58.07 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 49.97 | 49.68 | 42.41 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.91 | 9.88 | 6.67 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 26.69 | 26.69 | 25.55 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 29.92 | 30.47 | 23.58 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 52.13 | 51.71 | 44.06 |
SRW total | 357.47 | 357.01 | 357.77 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.