HRW CCI rating jumps on Kansas improvement, SRW crop slips

The HRW crop is rated above year-ago, while SRW is well below last year.

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(Farm Journal)

USDA rated the winter wheat crop 49% “good” to “excellent” and 19% “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 9.2 points to 325.0, fueled by a 5.4-point jump in top producer Kansas. The SRW rating dropped 1.5 points as slight declines in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and Arkansas offset modest improvements in the other states.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat
This weekLast weekLast year
Kansas (33.53%*)111.64106.28116.04
Oklahoma (10.93%)35.6434.9842.52
Texas (8.79%)26.0025.3926.11
Colorado (7.62%)24.6125.6020.53
Nebraska (4.94%)14.1413.2516.67
S. Dakota (5.22%)14.2613.6416.34
Montana (10.53%)38.7738.4528.62
HRW total324.97315.80317.37

* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat
This weekLast weekLast year
Missouri (12.56%*)48.4848.1037.32
Illinois (21.09%)75.3074.4662.89
Ohio (15.84%)57.3357.6453.35
Arkansas (2.71%)9.109.239.20
Indiana (8.77%)33.0532.7928.52
N. Carolina (8.67%)32.2533.5530.16
Michigan (13.90%)51.2952.2753.66
SRW total367.28368.77386.97

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.