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 dropped 1.7 points to 327.0 and is now 16.1 points below the five-year average for early November. The SRW crop slipped 1.4 points on the week to 365.2, though that’s still 2.2 points above the five-year average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Year-ago |
Kansas (44.25%*) | 161.05 | 159.28 | 122.78 |
Oklahoma (14.65%) | 49.96 | 51.72 | 43.12 |
Texas (9.21%) | 24.05 | 23.68 | 25.49 |
Colorado (9.29%) | 27.77 | 28.70 | 26.65 |
Nebraska (5.81%) | 20.10 | 20.22 | 19.84 |
S. Dakota (4.55%) | 13.15 | 13.52 | 16.65 |
Montana (10.00%) | 23.60 | 24.20 | 41.44 |
HRW total | 327.01 | 328.68 | 318.94 |
* 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%*) | 35.56 | 35.36 | 33.41 |
Illinois (14.74%) | 56.60 | 57.48 | 49.58 |
Ohio (12.26%) | 44.86 | 45.47 | 41.58 |
Arkansas (1.85%) | 6.56 | 6.48 | 5.19 |
Indiana (6.93%) | 25.83 | 25.76 | 23.21 |
N. Carolina (6.48%) | 23.58 | 23.32 | 25.44 |
Michigan (13.94%) | 47.69 | 47.69 | 46.71 |
SRW total | 365.15 | 366.52 | 367.47 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.