USDA rated the winter wheat crop 51% “good” to “excellent” and 18% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500-point scale, with 500 being perfect), the HRW crop improved 2 points to 327.0, despite a 1.3-point decline in top producer Kansas. The SRW crop improved 2.1 points to 369.3, driven by a 1.9-point increase in top producer Illinois. The HRW crop is rated 9.5 points above year-ago, while the SRW crop is 13.4 points below last year at this time.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
This week | Last week | Last year | |
Kansas (33.53%*) | 110.30 | 111.64 | 114.86 |
Oklahoma (10.93%) | 36.07 | 35.64 | 44.57 |
Texas (8.79%) | 25.92 | 26.00 | 25.56 |
Colorado (7.62%) | 25.67 | 24.61 | 20.33 |
Nebraska (4.94%) | 13.79 | 14.14 | 16.89 |
S. Dakota (5.22%) | 14.68 | 14.26 | 16.57 |
Montana (10.53%) | 40.24 | 38.77 | 28.11 |
HRW total | 326.96 | 324.97 | 317.45 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat | |||
This week | Last week | Last year | |
Missouri (12.56%*) | 47.85 | 48.48 | 37.81 |
Illinois (21.09%) | 77.20 | 75.30 | 59.29 |
Ohio (15.84%) | 57.64 | 57.33 | 53.78 |
Arkansas (2.71%) | 9.26 | 9.10 | 9.20 |
Indiana (8.77%) | 32.88 | 33.05 | 28.52 |
N. Carolina (8.67%) | 32.94 | 32.25 | 29.53 |
Michigan (13.90%) | 50.74 | 51.29 | 53.94 |
SRW total | 369.33 | 367.28 | 382.69 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.