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 inched up 0.2 point to 265.9 but remained 77.2 points (22.5%) below the five-year average for early November. The SRW crop improved 2.6 points to 350.5, though that was 12.5 points (3.4%) below average for the date.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (39.61%*) | 105.35 | 105.35 | 161.05 |
Oklahoma (12.81%) | 32.79 | 33.17 | 49.96 |
Texas (7.77%) | 18.80 | 15.31 | 24.05 |
Colorado (6.52%) | 16.94 | 18.70 | 27.77 |
Nebraska (4.52%) | 12.38 | 12.19 | 20.10 |
S. Dakota (4.44%) | 12.57 | 12.79 | 13.15 |
Montana (8.42%) | 24.75 | 25.92 | 23.60 |
HRW total | 265.92 | 265.77 | 327.01 |
* 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%*) | 34.11 | 33.92 | 35.56 |
Illinois (15.64%) | 50.22 | 50.06 | 56.60 |
Ohio (14.11%) | 48.41 | 48.84 | 44.86 |
Arkansas (2.51%) | 9.96 | 9.78 | 6.56 |
Indiana (7.33%) | 27.35 | 27.20 | 25.83 |
N. Carolina (7.87%) | 29.05 | 29.13 | 23.58 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 50.04 | 48.38 | 47.69 |
SRW total | 350.46 | 347.87 | 365.15 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.