HRW CCI rating improves for first time this spring

Despite the modest uptick over the past week, the HRW CCI rating remains historically low.

Weather-storm clouds building over young wheat field-Lindsey Pound
Weather-storm clouds building over young wheat field-Lindsey Pound
(Lindsey Pound)

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 improved 5.6 points to a still-historically low rating of 242.6. The HRW crop improved in each of the states aside from Montana. The SRW crop inched up 0.6 point to 376.5. Declines in Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina were more than offset by improvements in the other states.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (39.61%*)

82.78

81.98

121.68

Oklahoma (12.81%)

30.48

27.28

35.90

Texas (7.77%)

19.27

18.80

15.94

Colorado (6.52%)

17.73

17.07

21.55

Nebraska (4.52%)

11.38

10.98

15.63

S. Dakota (4.44%)

13.32

13.19

13.61

Montana (8.42%)

29.04

29.96

23.90

HRW total

242.64

237.02

253.88

* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Missouri (9.72%*)

34.31

34.60

35.85

Illinois (15.64%)

56.63

58.66

48.05

Ohio (14.11%)

53.92

52.79

44.37

Arkansas (2.51%)

9.45

9.05

7.37

Indiana (7.33%)

28.74

28.67

25.28

N. Carolina (7.87%)

32.05

32.28

25.27

Michigan (13.90%)

52.55

51.16

45.18

SRW total

376.48

375.87

351.02

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.