SRW leads CCI improvement for winter wheat crop

SRW improvement was led by top producer Illinois.

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

USDA rated the winter wheat crop 41% “good” to “excellent,” and 23% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop inched up 0.4 point to 308.3. The SRW rating improved 6.9 points, led by a 3.2-point increase in top SRW producer Illinois. The CCI ratings are still below year-ago by 12.7 points for HRW and 8.2 points for SRW.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (33.53%*)

105.94

106.28

112.48

Oklahoma (10.93%)

33.01

31.16

42.52

Texas (8.79%)

23.81

25.04

25.10

Colorado (7.62%)

25.52

24.45

23.59

Nebraska (4.94%)

14.68

14.78

15.49

S. Dakota (5.22%)

16.35

17.19

16.74

Montana (10.53%)

32.13

32.24

33.92

HRW total

308.29

307.89

320.96

* 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%*)

45.09

44.21

35.96

Illinois (21.09%)

75.09

71.93

59.92

Ohio (15.84%)

59.38

60.02

55.47

Arkansas (2.71%)

8.28

6.33

8.83

Indiana (8.77%)

32.35

32.70

27.86

N. Carolina (8.67%)

31.38

31.21

29.61

Michigan (13.90%)

51.85

51.29

46.43

SRW total

363.25

356.38

371.45

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.