State-level winter wheat condition ratings showed deterioration in the HRW crop during February. On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop dropped 6.7 points over the past month to 323.1, as all states except Kansas (unchanged) and Colorado (up 1 point) showed deterioration. Since the final national ratings at the end of November, the HRW crop has declined 16.2 points, with only Montana’s crop rated higher than when the crop entered dormancy.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| End Feb. | End Jan. | End Nov. | |
| Kansas (33.53%*) | 113.65 | 113.65 | 117.00 |
| Oklahoma (10.93%) | 32.36 | 34.65 | 36.73 |
| Texas (8.79%) | 25.92 | 27.32 | 29.61 |
| Colorado (7.62%) | 27.35 | 26.36 | 27.73 |
| Nebraska (4.94%) | 13.20 | 13.94 | 16.07 |
| S. Dakota (5.22%) | 13.79 | 14.84 | 15.26 |
| Montana (10.53%) | 37.29 | 38.24 | 34.34 |
| HRW total | 323.13 | 329.81 | 339.29 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.