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.