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 another 3.1 points to 348.8, the fifth straight weekly decline and now 17.7 points (4.9%) below the five-year average. The soybean crop declined by 2.1 points to 349.1, the second straight weekly decline and now 5.1 points (1.4%) below the five-year average.
The spring wheat crop inched 0.5 point higher to 368.4, which was well above last year’s drought ravaged crop but 8.9 points (2.4%) below the 2018-2020 average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.01%*) | 3.17 | 3.01 | 3.67 |
Illinois (14.37%) | 55.62 | 56.05 | 58.39 |
Indiana (6.59%) | 22.61 | 22.41 | 24.73 |
Iowa (17.32%) | 64.42 | 66.15 | 61.81 |
Kansas (5.41%) | 14.55 | 15.25 | 18.56 |
Kentucky (1.80%) | 5.39 | 5.40 | 6.48 |
Michigan (2.07%) | 7.75 | 7.46 | 7.70 |
Minnesota (9.53%) | 35.17 | 34.41 | 29.34 |
Missouri (3.67%) | 11.53 | 11.79 | 13.12 |
Nebraska (12.65%) | 40.48 | 41.24 | 47.58 |
North Carolina (0.80%) | 2.37 | 2.24 | 2.84 |
North Dakota (2.42%) | 9.02 | 9.16 | 6.80 |
Ohio (3.81%) | 13.36 | 13.36 | 15.21 |
Pennsylvania (1.09%) | 3.96 | 4.05 | 4.08 |
South Dakota (4.71%) | 15.59 | 16.30 | 13.37 |
Tennessee (1.08%) | 3.16 | 3.04 | 3.98 |
Texas (1.76%) | 4.49 | 4.38 | 6.15 |
Wisconsin (3.49%) | 13.84 | 13.70 | 14.47 |
Corn total | 348.82 | 351.95 | 359.86 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.49%*) | 12.94 | 12.62 | 13.21 |
Illinois (14.91%) | 56.82 | 57.42 | 58.07 |
Indiana (7.76%) | 26.70 | 26.31 | 28.87 |
Iowa (13.35%) | 48.87 | 50.61 | 45.17 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 13.89 | 14.73 | 16.99 |
Kentucky (2.31%) | 7.53 | 7.56 | 8.54 |
Louisiana (1.23%) | 4.46 | 4.61 | 5.08 |
Michigan (2.33%) | 8.49 | 8.00 | 8.99 |
Minnesota (8.38%) | 31.10 | 30.52 | 25.13 |
Mississippi (2.33%) | 8.35 | 8.33 | 8.99 |
Missouri (6.59%) | 21.47 | 21.53 | 23.57 |
Nebraska (7.65%) | 25.24 | 25.93 | 28.35 |
North Carolina (1.46%) | 5.06 | 4.78 | 5.10 |
North Dakota (4.46%) | 16.14 | 15.91 | 12.24 |
Ohio (6.19%) | 21.67 | 21.42 | 23.81 |
South Dakota (4.82%) | 16.53 | 17.11 | 14.00 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.43%) | 9.53 | 9.41 | 9.21 |
Soybean total | 349.08 | 351.17 | 349.57 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.76%*) | 28.93 | 28.00 | 20.22 |
Minnesota (14.03%) | 53.86 | 53.44 | 36.19 |
Montana (17.83%) | 57.77 | 55.63 | 34.51 |
North Dakota (50.14%) | 190.54 | 193.54 | 112.53 |
South Dakota (5.27%) | 16.86 | 16.86 | 11.48 |
Washington (4.98%) | 20.41 | 20.36 | 7.70 |
HRS total | 368.36 | 367.83 | 223.40 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.