Above-average start for corn CCI rating

USDA’s corn ratings are 75% or higher “good” to “excellent” in four of the top five producing states.

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to “challenge the EPA’s fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels” for 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to CBD’s press release.
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to “challenge the EPA’s fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels” for 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to CBD’s press release.
(Farm Journal)

When USDA’s initial weekly condition ratings of the spring are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500-point scale, with 500 representing perfect), the corn crop starts the growing season 0.8 point above last year at this time, though 5.4 points below the initial 2021 rating that came a week earlier. The initial corn CCI rating is 6.5 points above the five-year average for the first week of June.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.17%*)

3.36

NA

3.92

Illinois (14.81%)

56.77

NA

57.50

Indiana (6.37%)

25.31

NA

24.60

Iowa (18.03%)

69.78

NA

68.29

Kansas (4.99%)

19.64

NA

19.92

Kentucky (1.58%)

7.06

NA

6.68

Michigan (1.95%)

7.91

NA

7.07

Minnesota (9.62%)

34.51

NA

36.46

Missouri (3.48%)

13.62

NA

12.38

Nebraska (12.32%)

48.32

NA

51.39

North Carolina (0.74%)

3.02

NA

2.78

North Dakota (3.17%)

8.92

NA

8.47

Ohio (3.74%)

14.46

NA

14.80

Pennsylvania (1.02%)

4.41

NA

3.85

South Dakota (4.88%)

17.43

NA

16.11

Tennessee (0.93%)

4.19

NA

3.88

Texas (1.85%)

5.32

NA

6.81

Wisconsin (3.53%)

14.01

NA

13.97

Corn total

382.56

NA

381.79

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.