USDA rated the winter wheat crop 47% “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 dropped 5.6 points to 319.2, led by a 3-point decline in top producer Kansas. The SRW crop improved 3.8 points to 370.1. Ratings for both crops remain well below year-ago, with HRW down 17.8 points and SRW down 12.0 points.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year | |
| Kansas (33.53%*) | 109.29 | 112.31 | 127.93 |
| Oklahoma (10.93%) | 35.75 | 35.42 | 45.60 |
| Texas (8.79%) | 24.16 | 24.51 | 25.72 |
| Colorado (7.62%) | 26.59 | 27.50 | 21.77 |
| Nebraska (4.94%) | 13.25 | 14.24 | 17.12 |
| S. Dakota (5.22%) | 14.21 | 14.11 | 15.50 |
| Montana (10.53%) | 37.08 | 36.77 | 29.71 |
| HRW total | 319.17 | 324.72 | 337.00 |
* 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%*) | 46.47 | 45.47 | 37.22 |
| Illinois (21.09%) | 78.89 | 77.83 | 60.23 |
| Ohio (15.84%) | 57.17 | 56.69 | 53.78 |
| Arkansas (2.71%) | 9.18 | 9.39 | 9.10 |
| Indiana (8.77%) | 32.53 | 32.70 | 28.08 |
| N. Carolina (8.67%) | 33.37 | 34.59 | 30.39 |
| Michigan (13.90%) | 51.57 | 49.35 | 52.82 |
| SRW total | 370.13 | 366.35 | 382.08 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.