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 fell 2.4 points to 350.2 and is now 5.4 points (1.6 %) above last year at this time. The soybean crop fell .3 points to 348.9 and is now 2.4 points (.7%) above last year at this date.
The spring wheat crop fell 4.6 points to 316.1, which is 53.6 points (14.5%) below last year.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (0.91%*) | 3.30 | 3.57 | 2.95 |
Illinois (15.33%) | 54.28 | 55.20 | 54.61 |
Indiana (6.95%) | 25.31 | 25.38 | 22.67 |
Iowa (17.02%) | 60.58 | 60.24 | 64.24 |
Kansas (4.72%) | 14.69 | 15.21 | 14.33 |
Kentucky (1.72%) | 6.58 | 6.60 | 5.24 |
Michigan (2.30%) | 8.32 | 8.09 | 7.54 |
Minnesota (9.98%) | 32.63 | 32.43 | 35.46 |
Missouri (3.75%) | 10.80 | 10.91 | 11.64 |
Nebraska (11.86%) | 42.11 | 42.34 | 39.09 |
North Carolina (0.79%) | 2.95 | 2.92 | 2.28 |
North Dakota (2.28%) | 8.09 | 8.28 | 9.09 |
Ohio (4.20%) | 15.97 | 16.10 | 13.36 |
Pennsylvania (0.99%) | 4.02 | 4.01 | 3.64 |
South Dakota (4.93%) | 17.56 | 17.85 | 15.35 |
Tennessee (0.94%) | 3.52 | 3.59 | 3.02 |
Texas (1.45%) | 4.92 | 5.04 | 4.28 |
Wisconsin (3.71%) | 12.91 | 3.57 | 13.84 |
Corn total | 350.15 | 352.53 | 344.75 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.58%*) | 13.82 | 13.50 | 12.59 |
Illinois (15.24%) | 55.03 | 56.41 | 55.48 |
Indiana (7.81%) | 28.73 | 28.58 | 26.77 |
Iowa (13.31%) | 47.52 | 47.65 | 48.60 |
Kansas (4.01%) | 12.46 | 13.10 | 13.33 |
Kentucky (2.34%) | 8.87 | 8.89 | 7.58 |
Louisiana (1.28%) | 4.16 | 4.31 | 4.40 |
Michigan (2.47%) | 8.95 | 8.51 | 8.40 |
Minnesota (8.45%) | 29.23 | 28.47 | 31.02 |
Mississippi (2.47%) | 9.37 | 9.40 | 8.26 |
Missouri (6.55%) | 21.09 | 20.24 | 21.99 |
Nebraska (7.17%) | 25.08 | 25.29 | 24.86 |
North Carolina (1.47%) | 5.13 | 5.23 | 5.18 |
North Dakota (4.43%) | 14.44 | 14.70 | 16.05 |
Ohio (6.41%) | 24.23 | 24.10 | 21.61 |
South Dakota (4.90%) | 17.68 | 17.83 | 16.53 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.57%) | 9.08 | 8.95 | 9.61 |
Soybean total | 348.94 | 349.22 | 346.44 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.48%*) | 25.51 | 26.78 | 29.08 |
Minnesota (14.39%) | 50.66 | 48.50 | 54.84 |
Montana (15.98%) | 50.02 | 52.42 | 55.45 |
North Dakota (50.94%) | 157.40 | 160.45 | 193.04 |
South Dakota (6.13%) | 17.97 | 17.97 | 16.86 |
Washington (5.07%) | 14.51 | 14.56 | 20.41 |
HRS total | 316.07 | 320.69 | 369.69 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.