When USDA’s initial 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 improved 22.0 points from last fall to 345.4. That was 88.4 points above last year’s drought-hit crop. The SRW crop slipped 0.1 point to 371.5, though that was 7.7 points above last year on this date.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Nov. 27, 2023 | Last year |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 132.68 | 114.06 | 91.09 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 47.90 | 44.57 | 34.20 |
Texas (7.77%) | 25.41 | 25.56 | 19.66 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 22.81 | 24.05 | 18.51 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 16.85 | 15.40 | 12.60 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 14.74 | 15.37 | 13.63 |
Montana (8.42%) | 29.96 | 32.83 | 26.34 |
HRW total | 345.35 | 323.33 | 256.96 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Nov. 27, 2023 | Last year |
Missouri (9.72%*) | 37.61 | 36.15 | 36.25 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 56.47 | 59.13 | 55.69 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 53.07 | 55.47 | 49.82 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.10 | 8.88 | 8.95 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 28.08 | 27.35 | 27.49 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 30.00 | 29.53 | 30.63 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 49.77 | 47.68 | 49.77 |
SRW total | 371.50 | 371.62 | 363.77 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.