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 dropped another 1.8 points to a historically low 242.8. While the wheat crops in Oklahoma, Colorado and Montana showed modest improvement, the other states declined. The SRW crop slipped 2.2 points but remained above average with a CCI rating of 374.2.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 85.55 | 87.92 | 122.12 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 28.31 | 27.03 | 33.26 |
Texas (7.77%) | 18.34 | 18.34 | 15.39 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 18.57 | 18.31 | 22.76 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 11.16 | 12.01 | 16.50 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 13.50 | 13.86 | 13.88 |
Montana (8.42%) | 28.70 | 28.20 | 27.12 |
HRW total | 242.79 | 244.62 | 256.85 |
* 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%*) | 35.47 | 35.76 | 36.14 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 58.35 | 60.38 | 51.73 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 52.37 | 51.80 | 43.63 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.13 | 9.08 | 7.36 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 28.30 | 28.37 | 25.21 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 31.26 | 31.02 | 25.65 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 51.16 | 51.16 | 46.57 |
SRW total | 374.21 | 376.39 | 358.51 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.