USDA rated 67% of the corn crop as “good” to “excellent” and 10% “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 slipped 0.2 point to 374.6. The soybean crop improved 2.2 points to 368.5. Both crops remain rated well above year-ago at this time.
USDA rated 74% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent” and 4% “poor” to “very poor.” On the CCI, spring wheat dropped 1.9 points to 380.8, though that was still 59.1 points (18.4%) above last year at this time.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (0.88%*) | 2.96 | 2.89 | 3.50 |
Illinois (15.31%) | 60.61 | 59.08 | 53.36 |
Indiana (7.00%) | 26.39 | 26.25 | 24.89 |
Iowa (17.12%) | 66.92 | 66.92 | 60.58 |
Kansas (4.26%) | 14.01 | 14.56 | 15.50 |
Kentucky (1.73%) | 6.33 | 6.20 | 6.49 |
Michigan (2.31%) | 8.72 | 8.79 | 7.84 |
Minnesota (9.89%) | 35.51 | 35.31 | 32.03 |
Missouri (3.65%) | 14.03 | 14.10 | 10.16 |
Nebraska (11.45%) | 43.62 | 44.42 | 42.70 |
North Carolina (0.83%) | 1.91 | 1.85 | 3.04 |
North Dakota (2.88%) | 10.76 | 10.47 | 8.14 |
Ohio (4.35%) | 16.12 | 16.12 | 15.93 |
Pennsylvania (0.77%) | 2.42 | 3.03 | 4.05 |
South Dakota (5.11%) | 19.17 | 19.38 | 17.36 |
Tennessee (0.94%) | 3.30 | 3.22 | 3.52 |
Texas (1.47%) | 4.40 | 4.68 | 5.24 |
Wisconsin (3.71%) | 13.60 | 13.71 | 12.84 |
Corn total | 374.55 | 374.78 | 348.68 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.71%*) | 14.17 | 14.06 | 13.75 |
Illinois (15.58%) | 59.81 | 59.03 | 53.36 |
Indiana (7.81%) | 29.14 | 29.07 | 28.03 |
Iowa (13.89%) | 53.75 | 53.75 | 46.05 |
Kansas (3.31%) | 11.71 | 11.84 | 12.90 |
Kentucky (2.34%) | 8.52 | 8.38 | 8.80 |
Louisiana (1.17%) | 4.51 | 4.51 | 4.43 |
Michigan (2.39%) | 8.66 | 8.69 | 8.16 |
Minnesota (8.34%) | 30.42 | 29.92 | 27.97 |
Mississippi (2.39%) | 9.16 | 8.95 | 9.27 |
Missouri (6.33%) | 23.79 | 24.04 | 19.13 |
Nebraska (6.93%) | 26.56 | 26.77 | 24.79 |
North Carolina (1.49%) | 4.93 | 4.93 | 5.41 |
North Dakota (4.64%) | 16.62 | 15.97 | 14.44 |
Ohio (6.47%) | 23.68 | 23.42 | 23.78 |
South Dakota (4.89%) | 18.11 | 18.11 | 17.14 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.60%) | 9.53 | 9.53 | 8.93 |
Soybean total | 368.50 | 366.30 | 340.06 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho* (7.48%) | 27.53 | 26.78 | 26.33 |
Minnesota (14.39%) | 58.72 | 57.43 | 48.93 |
Montana (15.98%) | 57.86 | 59.29 | 52.42 |
North Dakota (50.94%) | 198.66 | 200.19 | 161.98 |
South Dakota (6.13%) | 23.19 | 22.63 | 17.85 |
Washington (5.07%) | 14.82 | 16.34 | 14.11 |
HRS total | 380.76 | 382.65 | 321.62 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.