CCI ratings post another big decline

The CCI ratings are now 8.6% below year-ago for both corn and soybeans.

Drought Corn
Drought Corn
(Farm Journal )

When USDA’s weekly condition ratings are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500-point scale, with 500 representing perfect), the corn crop dropped 8.7 points to 337.8, while the soybean crop fell 10.4 points to 329.5. Declines in corn and soybean ratings were driven by Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and Missouri. The CCI ratings are now 31.7 points below year-ago for corn and 31.1 points below for soybeans – both 8.6% below year-ago at this time.

The spring wheat CCI rating dropped 2.5 points to 338.3 and stood 22.2 points (6.1%) below last year at this time.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.72

3.55

3.50

Illinois (15.33%)

45.69

48.76

53.46

Indiana (6.95%)

22.88

24.13

23.27

Iowa (17.02%)

59.56

61.09

67.88

Kansas (4.72%)

16.68

16.63

19.37

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.13

6.13

6.43

Michigan (2.30%)

6.85

6.97

7.87

Minnesota (9.98%)

35.53

36.92

35.17

Missouri (3.75%)

11.21

12.26

13.58

Nebraska (11.86%)

41.28

41.39

45.79

North Carolina (0.79%)

2.99

2.87

2.41

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.28

8.21

9.21

Ohio (4.20%)

15.38

15.13

12.94

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

3.39

3.19

4.32

South Dakota (4.93%)

16.23

16.37

18.18

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.61

3.42

3.81

Texas (1.45%)

5.36

5.57

4.98

Wisconsin (3.71%)

12.21

12.50

13.59

Corn total

337.80

346.48

369.46

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.58%*)

13.32

13.79

13.60

Illinois (15.24%)

45.89

48.48

54.44

Indiana (7.81%)

25.69

27.25

27.47

Iowa (13.31%)

44.45

46.98

52.21

Kansas (4.01%)

14.10

14.58

17.16

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.56

8.54

8.32

Louisiana (1.28%)

4.73

4.93

4.59

Michigan (2.47%)

6.98

7.13

8.65

Minnesota (8.45%)

30.42

30.92

30.52

Mississippi (2.47%)

9.30

9.49

8.42

Missouri (6.55%)

19.59

21.49

23.51

Nebraska (7.17%)

23.65

23.79

27.38

North Carolina (1.47%)

5.52

5.38

4.37

North Dakota (4.43%)

15.81

15.32

16.49

Ohio (6.41%)

23.40

22.89

21.05

South Dakota (4.90%)

16.41

16.50

18.27

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.57%)

8.39

8.75

9.44

Soybean total

329.52

339.93

360.61

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.48%*)

26.93

27.15

29.16

Minnesota (14.39%)

51.96

50.95

51.76

Montana (15.98%)

55.62

53.06

52.42

North Dakota (50.94%)

169.11

174.72

188.03

South Dakota (6.13%)

17.48

18.16

19.07

Washington (5.07%)

17.15

16.69

19.96

HRS total

338.25

340.73

360.40

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.