USDA rated the winter wheat crop 49% “good” to “excellent,” down one percentage point from the previous week. The amount of crop rated “poor” to “very poor” held at 18%, though there was a one-point improvement in the lowest category. On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop improved 2.7 points to 321.3 on a 3.2-point increase in top producer Kansas. The SRW CCI rating dropped 2.5 points to 383.8, led by a 2.5-point decline in top producer Illinois.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 116.44 | 113.27 | 81.19 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 43.68 | 44.19 | 29.72 |
Texas (7.77%) | 24.48 | 24.71 | 20.67 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 20.85 | 21.77 | 18.05 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 17.30 | 17.70 | 12.65 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 16.97 | 16.92 | 13.55 |
Montana (8.42%) | 30.38 | 29.29 | 29.21 |
HRW total | 321.25 | 318.59 | 243.86 |
* 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%*) | 37.32 | 37.90 | 34.79 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 58.51 | 61.01 | 57.88 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 53.64 | 53.78 | 52.93 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.00 | 9.28 | 9.10 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 28.81 | 28.74 | 28.74 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 29.68 | 29.45 | 31.89 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 55.88 | 54.49 | 51.43 |
SRW total | 383.80 | 386.33 | 375.25 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.