Winter wheat CCI ratings inch up but still far below average

Most of the modest improvement was in SRW CCI ratings.

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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 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.