Limited change in winter wheat CCI ratings as the growing season winds down

HRW crop is still rated well below its five-year average, while the SRW crop is slightly above normal.

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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 1.9 points to 256.9, though that was still 72.5 points below the five-year average for the end of May. The SRW crop slipped 0.4 point to 358.5, though the CCI rating was still 2.2 points above average.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Year-ago

Kansas (44.25%*)

122.12

119.46

143.38

Oklahoma (14.65%)

33.26

34.73

44.51

Texas (9.21%)

15.39

15.85

23.22

Colorado (9.29%)

22.76

21.83

31.68

Nebraska (5.81%)

16.50

16.04

21.20

S. Dakota (4.55%)

13.88

13.79

14.23

Montana (10.00%)

27.21

27.61

36.77

HRW total

256.85

255.00

339.44

* 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%*)

36.14

36.43

33.98

Illinois (14.74%)

51.73

51.00

54.53

Ohio (12.26%)

43.63

45.11

43.68

Arkansas (1.85%)

7.36

7.21

5.57

Indiana (6.93%)

25.21

25.35

24.35

N. Carolina (6.48%)

25.65

25.59

20.96

Michigan (13.94%)

46.57

45.87

46.46

SRW total

358.51

358.90

374.66

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.