HRW CCI rating inches up, SRW reading declines

The HRW CCI rating increased for the first time this spring, while the SRW CCI rating declined for the first time.

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

USDA rated the winter wheat crop 50% “good” to “excellent,” up one percentage point from the previous week. 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 inched up 0.1 point to 317.5, the first increase this spring, though top producer Kansas dropped 1.2 points. The SRW CCI rating fell 4.3 points, the first decline this spring, led by a 3.6-point drop in top producer Illinois.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (39.61%*)

114.86

116.04

81.98

Oklahoma (12.81%)

44.57

42.52

27.28

Texas (7.77%)

25.56

26.11

18.80

Colorado (6.52%)

20.33

20.53

17.07

Nebraska (4.52%)

16.89

16.67

10.98

S. Dakota (4.44%)

16.57

16.34

13.19

Montana (8.42%)

28.11

28.62

29.96

HRW total

317.45

317.37

237.02

* 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%*)

37.81

37.32

34.60

Illinois (15.64%)

59.29

62.89

58.66

Ohio (14.11%)

53.78

53.35

52.79

Arkansas (2.51%)

9.20

9.20

9.05

Indiana (7.33%)

28.52

28.52

28.67

N. Carolina (7.87%)

29.53

30.16

32.28

Michigan (13.90%)

53.94

53.66

51.16

SRW total

382.69

386.97

375.87

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.