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.