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 5.2 points to 277.8 and the SRW crop rose 3.2 points to 345.3. At those levels, the CCI ratings are still 52.1 points below the five-year average for HRW and 11.2 points below for the SRW crop.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (44.25%*) | 129.64 | 130.52 | 138.54 |
Oklahoma (14.65%) | 41.32 | 37.80 | 46.03 |
Texas (9.21%) | 15.85 | 15.57 | 23.72 |
Colorado (9.29%) | 24.71 | 24.80 | 26.27 |
Nebraska (5.81%) | 17.72 | 17.55 | 19.78 |
S. Dakota (4.55%) | 13.74 | 14.43 | 15.27 |
Montana (10.00%) | 28.61 | 25.81 | 38.55 |
HRW total | 277.80 | 272.57 | 332.08 |
* 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%*) | 34.88 | 35.17 | 34.46 |
Illinois (14.74%) | 48.93 | 47.31 | 50.12 |
Ohio (12.26%) | 42.90 | 42.53 | 44.01 |
Arkansas (1.85%) | 7.47 | 7.41 | 5.38 |
Indiana (6.93%) | 25.00 | 24.79 | 23.97 |
N. Carolina (6.48%) | 25.20 | 25.07 | 22.23 |
Michigan (13.94%) | 43.22 | 43.22 | 47.99 |
SRW total | 345.32 | 342.15 | 372.42 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.