HRW CCI rating continues to fall, SRW crop improves
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 another 3.2 points to 248.0. The Kansas crop improved a little over the past week, but each of the other states declined. The SRW crop improved 12.5 points to 381.4, led by a 4.5-point increase in Illinois. The HRW crop is rated historically low, while the SRW crop is rated higher than average for mid-April.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat |
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This week |
Last week |
Last year |
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Kansas (39.61%*) |
88.72 |
87.13 |
130.08 |
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Oklahoma (12.81%) |
29.59 |
32.02 |
39.12 |
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Texas (7.77%) |
18.73 |
19.43 |
15.39 |
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Colorado (6.52%) |
17.99 |
18.31 |
23.13 |
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Nebraska (4.52%) |
12.19 |
12.42 |
16.97 |
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S. Dakota (4.44%) |
13.72 |
14.03 |
13.47 |
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Montana (8.42%) |
27.61 |
27.86 |
27.31 |
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HRW total |
248.04 |
251.21 |
271.54 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat |
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This week |
Last week |
Last year |
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Missouri (9.72%*) |
36.06 |
36.45 |
34.88 |
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Illinois (15.64%) |
62.11 |
57.57 |
50.85 |
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Ohio (14.11%) |
52.08 |
50.95 |
43.14 |
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Arkansas (2.51%) |
9.13 |
9.45 |
7.10 |
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Indiana (7.33%) |
28.37 |
27.35 |
25.14 |
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N. Carolina (7.87%) |
31.42 |
31.42 |
25.20 |
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Michigan (13.90%) |
51.99 |
49.07 |
44.48 |
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SRW total |
381.42 |
368.90 |
350.15 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.
