Corn CCI rating inches higher but still well below year-ago and average

Soybean and spring wheat CCI ratings continue to drop.

Soybean field - corn field - Iowa - land - Lindsey Pound
Soybean field - corn field - Iowa - land - Lindsey Pound
(Lindsey Pound)

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 improved 1.8 points to 339.6, though that was still 24.5 points (6.7%) under year-ago. The soybean crop dropped another 1.1 points to 328.5, which was 26.4 points (7.4%) below last year at this time.

The spring wheat crop fell another 4.8 points to 333.5, which was 34.9 points (9.5%) lower than last year on this date.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.52

3.72

3.47

Illinois (15.33%)

47.38

45.69

52.31

Indiana (6.95%)

23.64

22.88

22.01

Iowa (17.02%)

60.92

59.56

67.01

Kansas (4.72%)

15.83

16.68

19.26

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.00

6.13

5.62

Michigan (2.30%)

7.08

6.85

7.95

Minnesota (9.98%)

36.23

35.53

35.55

Missouri (3.75%)

10.35

11.21

13.40

Nebraska (11.86%)

40.09

41.28

45.29

North Carolina (0.79%)

2.90

2.99

2.17

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.16

8.28

9.41

Ohio (4.20%)

15.21

15.38

12.82

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

3.33

3.39

4.41

South Dakota (4.93%)

16.82

16.23

17.94

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.56

3.61

3.64

Texas (1.45%)

5.36

5.36

4.77

Wisconsin (3.71%)

12.24

12.21

13.66

Corn total

339.55

337.80

364.05

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.58%*)

12.78

13.32

13.04

Illinois (15.24%)

45.89

45.89

52.95

Indiana (7.81%)

26.62

25.69

26.07

Iowa (13.31%)

45.65

44.45

51.54

Kansas (4.01%)

13.78

14.10

16.98

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.40

8.56

7.49

Louisiana (1.28%)

4.54

4.73

4.70

Michigan (2.47%)

7.32

6.98

8.65

Minnesota (8.45%)

30.92

30.42

31.27

Mississippi (2.47%)

9.10

9.30

8.21

Missouri (6.55%)

18.47

19.59

23.05

Nebraska (7.17%)

23.22

23.65

27.30

North Carolina (1.47%)

5.36

5.52

4.62

North Dakota (4.43%)

15.54

15.81

16.49

Ohio (6.41%)

23.01

23.40

20.68

South Dakota (4.90%)

16.41

16.41

17.83

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.57%)

8.13

8.39

9.48

Soybean total

328.45

329.52

354.87

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.48%*)

27.23

26.93

28.31

Minnesota (14.39%)

51.81

51.96

54.14

Montana (15.98%)

57.06

55.62

54.21

North Dakota (50.94%)

163.00

169.11

192.54

South Dakota (6.13%)

17.48

17.48

19.02

Washington (5.07%)

16.90

17.15

20.11

HRS total

333.47

338.25

368.33

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.