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 6.5 points to 252.7, the lowest rating of the year and 73.8 points below the five-year average. The SRW crop improved 10.8 points to 357.1, its highest rating this spring, though that’s still 1.2 points below average for this date.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (44.25%*) | 118.58 | 123.00 | 138.94 |
Oklahoma (14.65%) | 33.85 | 37.07 | 43.88 |
Texas (9.21%) | 14.65 | 15.75 | 23.47 |
Colorado (9.29%) | 23.69 | 21.27 | 27.49 |
Nebraska (5.81%) | 16.62 | 16.97 | 20.77 |
S. Dakota (4.55%) | 13.56 | 13.97 | 14.32 |
Montana (10.00%) | 26.11 | 25.40 | 38.44 |
HRW total | 252.70 | 259.24 | 331.16 |
* 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%*) | 35.56 | 34.88 | 34.84 |
Illinois (14.74%) | 50.41 | 47.46 | 53.59 |
Ohio (12.26%) | 44.62 | 43.14 | 42.46 |
Arkansas (1.85%) | 7.49 | 7.43 | 5.37 |
Indiana (6.93%) | 25.35 | 24.93 | 24.10 |
N. Carolina (6.48%) | 25.39 | 25.52 | 22.43 |
Michigan (13.94%) | 46.57 | 44.90 | 47.10 |
SRW total | 357.12 | 346.32 | 375.25 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.