USDA rated the winter wheat crop 50% “good” to “excellent,” unchanged from the previous week, though there was a one-point increase in the top category. The “poor” to “very poor” rating increased two points to 18%. 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 1.1 points to 318.6, despite a 1.6-point decline in top producer Kansas. The SRW crop rose 3.6 points to 386.3, led by a 1.7-point increase in top producer Illinois.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 113.27 | 114.86 | 82.78 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 44.19 | 44.57 | 30.48 |
Texas (7.77%) | 24.71 | 25.56 | 19.27 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 21.77 | 20.33 | 17.73 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 17.70 | 16.89 | 11.38 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 16.92 | 16.57 | 13.32 |
Montana (8.42%) | 29.29 | 28.11 | 29.04 |
HRW total | 318.59 | 317.45 | 242.64 |
* 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%*) | 37.90 | 37.81 | 34.31 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 61.01 | 59.29 | 56.63 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 53.78 | 53.78 | 53.92 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.28 | 9.20 | 9.45 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 28.74 | 28.52 | 28.74 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 29.45 | 29.53 | 32.05 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 54.49 | 53.94 | 52.55 |
SRW total | 386.33 | 382.69 | 376.48 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.