USDA rated the winter wheat crop 52% “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 slipped 0.2 point to 328.4. The SRW crop inched 0.1 point lower to 374.8. The modest declines came despite improvements in the top producers for both crops – Kansas for HRW and Illinois for SRW.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRW Wheat | |||
| This week | Last week | Last year | |
| Kansas (33.53%*) | 110.30 | 108.96 | 116.44 |
| Oklahoma (10.93%) | 38.26 | 37.61 | 43.68 |
| Texas (8.79%) | 26.18 | 27.41 | 24.48 |
| Colorado (7.62%) | 24.76 | 25.75 | 20.85 |
| Nebraska (4.94%) | 13.25 | 12.90 | 17.30 |
| S. Dakota (5.22%) | 15.10 | 13.95 | 16.97 |
| Montana (10.53%) | 40.03 | 41.19 | 30.38 |
| HRW total | 328.43 | 328.59 | 321.25 |
* 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%*) | 48.86 | 48.48 | 37.32 |
| Illinois (21.09%) | 77.20 | 76.78 | 58.51 |
| Ohio (15.84%) | 58.28 | 58.43 | 53.64 |
| Arkansas (2.71%) | 9.42 | 9.56 | 9.00 |
| Indiana (8.77%) | 33.58 | 33.40 | 28.81 |
| N. Carolina (8.67%) | 32.51 | 32.85 | 29.68 |
| Michigan (13.90%) | 53.24 | 53.66 | 55.88 |
| SRW total | 374.80 | 374.90 | 383.80 |
* denotes percentage of total national SRW crop production.