Corn CCI improves, ratings slip for soybeans and spring wheat

All three crops remain rated much better than last year at this time.

Corn and soybeans
Corn and soybeans
(Darrell Smith and Lindsey Pound)

USDA rated 68% of the corn crop as “good” to “excellent” and 9% “poor” to “very poor.” The soybean crop was rated 67% “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 improved 1.3 points to 374.8, while the soybean crop slipped 0.6 point to 366.3.

USDA rated 74% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent” and 4% “poor” to “very poor.” On the CCI, spring wheat dropped 1.3 points to 382.7.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.88%*)

2.89

3.06

3.37

Illinois (15.31%)

59.08

58.32

50.60

Indiana (7.00%)

26.25

26.04

24.75

Iowa (17.12%)

66.92

66.24

60.07

Kansas (4.26%)

14.56

14.90

15.88

Kentucky (1.73%)

6.20

6.20

6.49

Michigan (2.31%)

8.79

8.88

7.89

Minnesota (9.89%)

35.31

35.21

33.23

Missouri (3.65%)

14.10

14.14

9.86

Nebraska (11.45%)

44.42

44.54

41.39

North Carolina (0.83%)

1.85

1.82

3.07

North Dakota (2.88%)

10.47

10.64

7.96

Ohio (4.35%)

16.12

15.99

15.84

Pennsylvania (0.77%)

3.03

2.84

3.97

South Dakota (5.11%)

19.38

19.27

16.97

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.22

3.11

3.63

Texas (1.47%)

4.68

4.99

5.20

Wisconsin (3.71%)

13.71

13.56

12.91

Corn total

374.78

373.46

344.31

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.71%*)

14.06

14.02

13.43

Illinois (15.58%)

59.03

59.03

49.55

Indiana (7.81%)

29.07

28.99

28.03

Iowa (13.89%)

53.75

53.20

46.32

Kansas (3.31%)

11.84

12.37

13.22

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.38

8.31

8.75

Louisiana (1.17%)

4.51

4.52

4.72

Michigan (2.39%)

8.69

8.83

8.29

Minnesota (8.34%)

29.92

29.42

28.56

Mississippi (2.39%)

8.95

8.80

9.40

Missouri (6.33%)

24.04

24.36

18.61

Nebraska (6.93%)

26.77

26.84

24.36

North Carolina (1.49%)

4.93

4.84

5.49

North Dakota (4.64%)

15.97

16.43

14.44

Ohio (6.47%)

23.42

23.74

23.46

South Dakota (4.89%)

18.11

18.35

16.85

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.60%)

9.53

9.48

8.77

Soybean total

366.30

366.90

335.79

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.


Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho* (7.48%)

26.78

26.85

26.93

Minnesota (14.39%)

57.43

57.43

49.80

Montana (15.98%)

59.29

60.09

52.26

North Dakota (50.94%)

200.19

201.20

164.53

South Dakota (6.13%)

22.63

22.27

17.73

Washington (5.07%)

16.34

16.08

15.53

HRS total

382.65

383.93

326.77

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.