Corn, bean CCI ratings slip while HRS crop modestly improves

All three crops remain rated well ahead of average for the second week of August.

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 dropped 0.9 point to 373.7 while the soybean crop slipped 0.7 point to 367.8.

USDA rated 72% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent” and 5% “poor” to “very poor.” On the CCI, spring wheat crop improved 1.2 points to 381.9, despite the overall ratings decline, as improvement in top producer North Dakota offset declines in some of the other states.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.88%*)

3.09

2.96

3.57

Illinois (15.31%)

60.00

60.61

55.20

Indiana (7.00%)

26.18

26.39

25.38

Iowa (17.12%)

66.92

66.92

60.24

Kansas (4.26%)

13.84

14.01

15.21

Kentucky (1.73%)

6.24

6.33

6.60

Michigan (2.31%)

8.70

8.72

8.09

Minnesota (9.89%)

35.60

35.51

32.43

Missouri (3.65%)

14.25

14.03

10.91

Nebraska (11.45%)

43.39

43.62

42.34

North Carolina (0.83%)

1.74

1.91

2.92

North Dakota (2.88%)

10.58

10.76

8.28

Ohio (4.35%)

15.99

16.12

16.10

Pennsylvania (0.77%)

2.54

2.42

4.01

South Dakota (5.11%)

19.32

19.17

17.85

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.26

3.30

3.59

Texas (1.47%)

4.55

4.40

5.04

Wisconsin (3.71%)

13.75

13.60

13.02

Corn total

373.65

374.55

352.53

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.71%*)

14.10

14.17

13.50

Illinois (15.58%)

59.19

59.81

56.41

Indiana (7.81%)

29.07

29.14

28.58

Iowa (13.89%)

54.03

53.75

47.65

Kansas (3.31%)

11.74

11.71

13.10

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.45

8.52

8.89

Louisiana (1.17%)

4.52

4.51

4.31

Michigan (2.39%)

8.57

8.66

8.51

Minnesota (8.34%)

30.17

30.42

28.47

Mississippi (2.39%)

9.02

9.16

9.40

Missouri (6.33%)

24.17

23.79

20.24

Nebraska (6.93%)

26.35

26.56

25.29

North Carolina (1.49%)

5.00

4.93

5.23

North Dakota (4.64%)

16.57

16.62

14.70

Ohio (6.47%)

23.61

23.68

24.10

South Dakota (4.89%)

18.26

18.11

17.83

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.60%)

9.58

9.53

8.95

Soybean total

367.80

368.50

349.22

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.


Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho* (7.48%)

26.70

27.53

26.78

Minnesota (14.39%)

59.58

58.72

48.50

Montana (15.98%)

55.94

57.86

52.42

North Dakota (50.94%)

201.71

198.66

160.45

South Dakota (6.13%)

23.37

23.19

17.97

Washington (5.07%)

14.61

14.82

14.56

HRS total

381.92

380.76

320.69

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.