HRW CCI rating inches up, SRW crop declines

HRW crop continues modest late-season improvement, while SRW crop is declining ahead of harvest.

Wheat field sunset - Lindsey Pound
Wheat field sunset - Lindsey Pound
(Lindsey Pound)

USDA rated the winter wheat crop 48% “good” to “excellent,” down one percentage point from the previous week. The amount of crop rated “poor” to “very poor” increased one point to 19%. On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop improved 0.3 point, despite 0.8-point declines in Kansas and Colorado. The SRW crop dropped 8.0 points, lead by a 3.3-point drop in top producer Illinois.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (39.61%*)

115.65

116.44

80.40

Oklahoma (12.81%)

43.55

43.68

37.40

Texas (7.77%)

24.40

24.48

21.13

Colorado (6.52%)

20.01

20.85

19.03

Nebraska (4.52%)

17.39

17.30

11.47

S. Dakota (4.44%)

17.19

16.97

13.06

Montana (8.42%)

32.15

30.38

30.05

HRW total

321.53

321.25

252.80

* 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%*)

36.45

37.32

34.70

Illinois (15.64%)

55.22

58.51

58.04

Ohio (14.11%)

53.92

53.64

54.20

Arkansas (2.51%)

9.18

9.00

9.08

Indiana (7.33%)

28.59

28.81

29.03

N. Carolina (7.87%)

28.90

29.68

31.89

Michigan (13.90%)

54.91

55.88

49.35

SRW total

375.80

383.80

374.57

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.