HRW wheat crop ratings improve a little during March
When individual state crop ratings are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (0 to 500, with 500 being perfect), the HRW wheat crop showed modest improvement over the past month. Based on individual state ratings, the HRW CCI rating stands at 266.5 points, up 7.5 points from the end of February but down 58.0 points from USDA’s last national ratings last fall and 63.4 points below the five-year average for the beginning of April, when USDA starts issuing its national crop condition reports each spring.
HRW crop ratings as of March 27.
| HRW | Very poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Excellent |
| Kansas | 11 | 21 | 36 | 29 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 1 |
| Texas | 58 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| Colorado | 14 | 25 | 50 | 11 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 16 | 47 | 24 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 15 | 58 | 25 | 1 |
| Colorado | 14 | 25 | 50 | 11 | 0 |
