USDA’s initial winter wheat conditions rated the crop 38% “good” to “excellent,” down nine points from last year. The amount of crop rated “poor” to “very poor” was 23%, up five points from last year. On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop started the growing season with a 293.8 rating, down 24.9 points from last year and 22.8 points below the five-year average. The initial SRW CCI rating was 356.4, down 13.5 points from last year and 1.2 points below the five-year average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year |
Kansas (33.53%*) | 106.28 | NA | 111.29 |
Oklahoma (10.93%) | 31.16 | NA | 41.50 |
Texas (8.79%) | 25.04 | NA | 25.25 |
Colorado (7.62%) | 24.45 | NA | 23.59 |
Nebraska (4.94%) | 14.78 | NA | 14.59 |
S. Dakota (5.22%) | 15.99 | NA | 16.08 |
Montana (10.53%) | 21.91 | NA | 35.60 |
HRW total | 293.76 | NA | 318.65 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year |
Missouri (12.56%*) | 44.21 | NA | 35.38 |
Illinois (21.09%) | 71.93 | NA | 60.07 |
Ohio (15.84%) | 60.02 | NA | 55.47 |
Arkansas (2.71%) | 6.33 | NA | 8.93 |
Indiana (8.77%) | 32.70 | NA | 27.71 |
N. Carolina (8.67%) | 31.21 | NA | 30.08 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 51.29 | NA | 45.32 |
SRW total | 356.38 | NA | 369.88 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.