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 5.4 points to 259.2, though that’s still 69.4 points below the five-year average for this date. The SRW crop slipped 4.7 points over the past week to 346.3, which is 13.0 points below the five-year average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (44.25%*) | 123.00 | 121.68 | 137.73 |
Oklahoma (14.65%) | 37.07 | 35.90 | 44.26 |
Texas (9.21%) | 15.75 | 15.94 | 25.15 |
Colorado (9.29%) | 21.27 | 21.55 | 26.93 |
Nebraska (5.81%) | 16.97 | 15.63 | 19.96 |
S. Dakota (4.55%) | 13.97 | 13.61 | 15.08 |
Montana (10.00%) | 25.40 | 23.90 | 36.33 |
HRW total | 259.24 | 253.88 | 329.15 |
* 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%*) | 34.88 | 35.85 | 34.94 |
Illinois (14.74%) | 47.46 | 48.05 | 49.31 |
Ohio (12.26%) | 43.14 | 44.37 | 43.57 |
Arkansas (1.85%) | 7.43 | 7.37 | 5.35 |
Indiana (6.93%) | 24.93 | 25.28 | 24.42 |
N. Carolina (6.48%) | 25.52 | 25.27 | 22.56 |
Michigan (13.94%) | 44.90 | 45.18 | 47.99 |
SRW total | 346.32 | 351.02 | 372.40 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.