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 improved 2.3 points to 255.0, though that’s still 70.7 points behind the five-year average. The SRW crop improved 1.8 points to 358.9, which is now 1.7 points above average for the third week of May.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (44.25%*) | 119.46 | 118.58 | 140.15 |
Oklahoma (14.65%) | 34.73 | 33.85 | 42.87 |
Texas (9.21%) | 15.85 | 14.65 | 23.64 |
Colorado (9.29%) | 21.83 | 23.69 | 30.75 |
Nebraska (5.81%) | 16.04 | 16.62 | 20.89 |
S. Dakota (4.55%) | 13.79 | 13.56 | 14.04 |
Montana (10.00%) | 27.61 | 26.11 | 39.77 |
HRW total | 255.00 | 252.70 | 336.33 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Missouri (9.72%*) | 36.43 | 35.56 | 34.08 |
Illinois (14.74%) | 51.00 | 50.41 | 53.86 |
Ohio (12.26%) | 45.11 | 44.62 | 43.02 |
Arkansas (1.85%) | 7.21 | 7.49 | 5.31 |
Indiana (6.93%) | 25.35 | 25.35 | 24.29 |
N. Carolina (6.48%) | 25.59 | 25.39 | 21.56 |
Michigan (13.94%) | 45.87 | 46.57 | 47.10 |
SRW total | 358.90 | 357.12 | 374.14 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.