State-level winter wheat condition ratings showed modest deterioration in the HRW crop during January, despite an improvement in top producer Kansas. On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop slipped 0.5 point over the past month to 329.8, though the reading for the end of December didn’t include Texas. Since the final national ratings at the end of November, the HRW crop has declined 9.5 points, as all states except Montana showed deterioration.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| End Jan. | End Dec. | End Nov. | |
| Kansas (33.53%*) | 113.65 | 111.64 | 117.00 |
| Oklahoma (10.93%) | 34.65 | 35.75 | 36.73 |
| Texas (8.79%) | 27.32 | NA | 29.61 |
| Colorado (7.62%) | 26.36 | 27.58 | 27.73 |
| Nebraska (4.94%) | 13.94 | 14.64 | 16.07 |
| S. Dakota (5.22%) | 14.84 | 14.63 | 15.26 |
| Montana (10.53%) | 38.24 | 35.61 | 34.34 |
| HRW total | 329.81 | 330.34 | 339.29 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.