Corn and soybean CCI ratings slip, spring wheat improves

All three crops remain rated well above year-ago.

Corn, Soybeans
Corn, Soybeans
(Farm Journal)

USDA rated 68% of the corn crop as “good” to “excellent” and 9% “poor” to “very poor.” The soybean crop was rated 68% “good” to “excellent” and 8% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500-point scale, with 500 representing perfect), the corn crop dropped 1.9 points to 373.4 while the soybean crop slipped 0.5 point to 364.9.

USDA rated 77% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent” and 3% “poor” to “very poor.” On the CCI, spring wheat improved 0.6 point to 384.1.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.88%*)

2.96

3.01

3.47

Illinois (15.31%)

58.16

56.33

48.76

Indiana (7.00%)

25.76

25.83

24.48

Iowa (17.12%)

65.38

66.06

62.11

Kansas (4.26%)

15.46

15.93

16.30

Kentucky (1.73%)

6.22

6.27

6.03

Michigan (2.31%)

9.14

8.93

7.59

Minnesota (9.89%)

35.11

35.41

36.03

Missouri (3.65%)

14.21

14.14

10.76

Nebraska (11.45%)

45.34

46.14

43.29

North Carolina (0.83%)

1.59

1.67

3.07

North Dakota (2.88%)

10.96

10.61

8.32

Ohio (4.35%)

16.17

16.60

15.93

Pennsylvania (0.77%)

2.95

3.02

3.64

South Dakota (5.11%)

19.07

19.48

17.85

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.26

3.36

3.65

Texas (1.47%)

4.67

5.15

5.18

Wisconsin (3.71%)

13.34

13.56

11.87

Corn total

373.43

375.31

349.91

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.71%*)

14.25

14.25

13.28

Illinois (15.58%)

58.26

56.70

48.48

Indiana (7.81%)

28.75

28.60

27.64

Iowa (13.89%)

52.50

53.61

47.12

Kansas (3.31%)

12.90

12.90

14.14

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.41

8.52

8.33

Louisiana (1.17%)

4.56

4.62

4.90

Michigan (2.39%)

8.80

8.64

7.92

Minnesota (8.34%)

29.42

29.76

30.58

Mississippi (2.39%)

8.76

8.88

9.54

Missouri (6.33%)

24.17

23.98

19.33

Nebraska (6.93%)

27.18

27.18

24.29

North Carolina (1.49%)

4.30

4.12

5.68

North Dakota (4.64%)

16.71

16.34

15.32

Ohio (6.47%)

23.68

24.52

23.21

South Dakota (4.89%)

17.77

18.11

17.39

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.60%)

9.22

9.40

8.44

Soybean total

364.91

365.41

339.28

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.


Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho* (7.48%)

28.27

27.38

27.00

Minnesota (14.39%)

56.99

57.28

54.11

Montana (15.98%)

59.45

58.50

53.06

North Dakota (50.94%)

199.68

199.17

170.64

South Dakota (6.13%)

22.51

23.25

17.91

Washington (5.07%)

17.15

17.91

16.49

HRS total

384.06

383.48

339.22

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.