When USDA’s latest 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 dropped another 2.6 points – the seventh straight weekly decline – to 342.11. That’s the lowest corn CCI rating for late August since 2013. The soybean crop inched 0.6 point lower to 345.84 – the fourth straight weekly decline.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.01%*) | 2.73 | 2.95 | 3.69 |
Illinois (14.37%) | 54.47 | 54.61 | 56.76 |
Indiana (6.59%) | 22.80 | 22.67 | 24.46 |
Iowa (17.32%) | 63.90 | 64.24 | 61.98 |
Kansas (5.41%) | 13.58 | 14.33 | 17.83 |
Kentucky (1.80%) | 5.26 | 5.24 | 6.56 |
Michigan (2.07%) | 7.64 | 7.54 | 7.74 |
Minnesota (9.53%) | 35.46 | 35.46 | 29.44 |
Missouri (3.67%) | 11.90 | 11.64 | 12.84 |
Nebraska (12.65%) | 37.70 | 39.09 | 47.20 |
North Carolina (0.80%) | 2.32 | 2.28 | 2.86 |
North Dakota (2.42%) | 9.09 | 9.09 | 6.66 |
Ohio (3.81%) | 13.24 | 13.36 | 14.83 |
Pennsylvania (1.09%) | 3.88 | 3.64 | 4.07 |
South Dakota (4.71%) | 15.40 | 15.35 | 12.88 |
Tennessee (1.08%) | 2.91 | 3.02 | 3.81 |
Texas (1.76%) | 4.21 | 4.28 | 6.15 |
Wisconsin (3.49%) | 13.70 | 13.84 | 14.47 |
Corn total | 342.11 | 344.75 | 355.57 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.49%*) | 12.35 | 12.59 | 13.35 |
Illinois (14.91%) | 55.78 | 55.48 | 56.73 |
Indiana (7.76%) | 26.85 | 26.77 | 28.41 |
Iowa (13.35%) | 48.60 | 48.60 | 45.68 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 12.72 | 13.33 | 16.28 |
Kentucky (2.31%) | 7.74 | 7.58 | 8.70 |
Louisiana (1.23%) | 4.17 | 4.40 | 5.08 |
Michigan (2.33%) | 8.52 | 8.40 | 9.09 |
Minnesota (8.38%) | 31.19 | 31.02 | 25.38 |
Mississippi (2.33%) | 8.38 | 8.26 | 9.02 |
Missouri (6.59%) | 22.32 | 21.99 | 22.80 |
Nebraska (7.65%) | 23.86 | 24.86 | 27.83 |
North Carolina (1.46%) | 5.26 | 5.18 | 4.94 |
North Dakota (4.46%) | 16.27 | 16.05 | 12.64 |
Ohio (6.19%) | 21.61 | 21.61 | 23.07 |
South Dakota (4.82%) | 16.58 | 16.53 | 13.79 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.43%) | 9.48 | 9.61 | 9.21 |
Soybean total | 345.84 | 346.44 | 346.09 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.