Notable improvement in HRW, SRW CCI ratings

HRW crop is now rated above year-ago, while SRW is still below last year at this time.

green wheat field by Lindsey Pound
green wheat field by Lindsey Pound
(Lindsey Pound)

USDA rated the winter wheat crop 44% “good” to “excellent,” and 18% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop improved 11.9 points to 320.2, which is now 1.3 points above year-ago. The SRW rating increased 8.2 points to 371.4, still 4.4 points below year-ago. Top producers Kansas (HRW) and Illinois (SRW) led the weekly crop improvement.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (33.53%*)

112.98

105.94

113.27

Oklahoma (10.93%)

33.34

33.01

43.68

Texas (8.79%)

25.39

23.81

24.55

Colorado (7.62%)

25.22

25.52

23.79

Nebraska (4.94%)

16.12

14.68

15.09

S. Dakota (5.22%)

15.67

16.35

15.59

Montana (10.53%)

32.45

32.13

32.15

HRW total

320.20

308.29

318.90

* 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%*)

47.10

45.09

35.86

Illinois (21.09%)

78.89

75.09

60.54

Ohio (15.84%)

58.28

59.38

57.59

Arkansas (2.71%)

9.04

8.28

9.00

Indiana (8.77%)

32.18

32.35

27.49

N. Carolina (8.67%)

31.81

31.38

29.84

Michigan (13.90%)

52.96

51.85

46.85

SRW total

371.42

363.25

375.82

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.