HRW crop improving into harvest, spring wheat CCI rating drops

An already low spring wheat CCI rating falls even further below the five-year average

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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 improved 3.1 points, led by the Kansas crop, to 339.4 points. The SRW crop inched 0.5 point higher to 374.7 points. The HRW crop is 5.6 points above the five-year average, while the SRW CCI rating is 21.0 points above its norm for this date.

The spring wheat CCI rating fell 8.2 points from last week to 324.2 points, led by a 4.5-point decline in the North Dakota crop. The spring wheat CCI rating is 53.6 points below its five-year average.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Year-ago

Kansas (40.39%*)

143.38

140.15

133.53

Oklahoma (12.65%)

44.51

42.87

42.18

Texas (8.41%)

23.22

23.64

27.28

Colorado (9.32%)

31.68

30.75

30.89

Nebraska (6.18%)

21.20

20.89

24.12

S. Dakota (4.74%)

14.23

14.04

16.11

Montana (11.11%)

36.77

39.77

41.73

HRW total

339.44

336.33

328.22

* denotes percentage of total national HRW crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for SRW Wheat

This week

Last week

Year-ago

Missouri (9.57%*)

33.98

34.08

37.27

Illinois (13.36%)

54.53

53.86

46.26

Ohio (11.03%)

43.68

43.02

40.49

Arkansas (1.46%)

5.57

5.31

5.51

Indiana (6.38%)

24.35

24.29

23.39

N. Carolina (6.69%)

20.96

21.56

24.60

Michigan (12.76%)

46.46

47.10

45.05

SRW total

374.66

374.14

354.15

* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho* (7.15%)

23.22

23.01

25.60

Minnesota (15.18%)

54.42

55.25

62.08

Montana (15.24%)

63.02

64.84

59.30

North Dakota (51.78%)

151.05

155.55

198.83

South Dakota (5.39%)

19.29

19.23

20.27

Washington (4.49%)

12.05

13.29

17.52

HRS total

324.16

332.31

386.56

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.