Sharp increase in winter wheat CCI ratings

Both the HRW and SRW crops posted notable improvements for the final crop condition report of the fall.

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

USDA rated the winter wheat crop 55% “good” to “excellent” and 12% “poor” to “very poor” in the final report for the fall. On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop jumped 19.1 points to 339.3 amid notable increases in all states except Nebraska and South Dakota. The SRW CCI rating improved 8.1 points to 379.5, as all of the top seven production states increased except North Carolina. CCI ratings are 18.4 points above year-ago for HRW and 5.3 points above for SRW.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (33.53%*)

117.00

112.98

114.06

Oklahoma (10.93%)

36.73

33.34

42.65

Texas (8.79%)

29.61

25.39

25.49

Colorado (7.62%)

27.73

25.22

23.07

Nebraska (4.94%)

16.07

16.12

16.21

S. Dakota (5.22%)

15.26

15.67

15.54

Montana (10.53%)

34.34

32.45

32.74

HRW total

339.29

320.20

320.87

* 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%*)

47.98

47.10

34.99

Illinois (21.09%)

79.94

78.89

62.11

Ohio (15.84%)

60.81

58.28

57.45

Arkansas (2.71%)

9.61

9.04

8.75

Indiana (8.77%)

32.35

32.18

27.27

N. Carolina (8.67%)

31.12

31.81

28.03

Michigan (13.90%)

55.18

52.96

47.40

SRW total

379.49

371.42

374.16

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.