HRW CCI rating improves, but still far below average

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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 5.4 points to 259.2, though that’s still 69.4 points below the five-year average for this date. The SRW crop slipped 4.7 points over the past week to 346.3, which is 13.0 points below the five-year average.
 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

 

This week

Last week

Year-ago

Kansas (44.25%*)

123.00

121.68

137.73

Oklahoma (14.65%)

37.07

35.90

44.26

Texas (9.21%)

15.75

15.94

25.15

Colorado (9.29%)

21.27

21.55

26.93

Nebraska (5.81%)

16.97

15.63

19.96

S. Dakota (4.55%)

13.97

13.61

15.08

Montana (10.00%)

25.40

23.90

36.33

HRW total

259.24

253.88

329.15


* 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

35.85

34.94

Illinois (14.74%)

47.46

48.05

49.31

Ohio (12.26%)

43.14

44.37

43.57

Arkansas (1.85%)

7.43

7.37

5.35

Indiana (6.93%)

24.93

25.28

24.42

N. Carolina (6.48%)

25.52

25.27

22.56

Michigan (13.94%)

44.90

45.18

47.99

SRW total

346.32

351.02

372.40

 

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.

 

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