HRW CCI ratings post notable decline, led by Kansas

Wheat field
Wheat field
(Lindsey Pound)

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 8.3 points to 337.0, led by a nearly six-point drop in top producer Kansas. The SRW crop improved 8.3 points to 382.1, led by a nearly four-point increase in top producer Illinois.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

 

This week

Last week

Last year

Kansas (39.61%*)

127.93

133.87

88.72

Oklahoma (12.81%)

45.60

46.75

29.59

Texas (7.77%)

25.72

25.18

18.73

Colorado (6.52%)

21.77

21.57

17.99

Nebraska (4.52%)

17.12

16.80

12.19

S. Dakota (4.44%)

15.50

15.72

13.72

Montana (8.42%)

29.71

30.38

27.61

HRW total

337.00

345.25

248.04

* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat

 

This week

Last week

Last year

Missouri (9.72%*)

37.22

37.61

36.06

Illinois (15.64%)

60.23

56.32

62.11

Ohio (14.11%)

53.78

53.07

52.08

Arkansas (2.51%)

9.10

9.15

9.13

Indiana (7.33%)

28.08

27.93

28.37

N. Carolina (7.87%)

30.39

29.92

31.42

Michigan (13.90%)

52.82

51.71

51.99

SRW total

382.08

373.77

381.42

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.

 

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