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.