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.