Corn and spring CCI ratings slip, modest improvement for soybeans

All three crops remain rated well above last year at this time.

Corn, Soybeans
Corn, Soybeans
(Farm Journal)

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.