Winter wheat CCI ratings improve but still well below average

Both the HRW and SRW crops showed mild improvement over the past week.

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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.