HRW CCI rating plunges from last fall

The HRW CCI rating is well below last fall and year-ago. The SRW rating is above both last fall and last year.

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

When USDA’s first weekly crop condition ratings of the spring are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop plunged 23.3 points from last fall to 257.0. That was 15.6 points below last year at this time. The SRW CCI rating improved 3.5 points from last fall to 363.8. That was 21.6 points above last year’s rating at the beginning of April.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Nov. 28, 2022

Last year

Kansas (39.61%*)

91.09

102.97

130.52

Oklahoma (12.81%)

34.20

37.91

37.80

Texas (7.77%)

19.66

22.53

15.57

Colorado (6.52%)

18.51

17.99

24.80

Nebraska (4.52%)

12.60

12.01

17.55

S. Dakota (4.44%)

13.63

13.10

14.43

Montana (8.42%)

26.34

29.12

25.81

HRW total

256.96

280.28

272.57

* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat

This week

Nov. 28, 2022

Last year

Missouri (9.72%*)

36.25

34.99

35.17

Illinois (15.64%)

55.69

51.47

47.31

Ohio (14.11%)

49.82

50.95

42.53

Arkansas (2.51%)

8.95

9.65

7.41

Indiana (7.33%)

27.49

26.39

24.79

N. Carolina (7.87%)

30.63

30.24

25.07

Michigan (13.90%)

49.77

52.41

43.22

SRW total

363.77

360.24

342.15

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.