Corn CCI rating slips, soybean rating improves

The corn CCI rating slipped despite the unchanged good/excellent national ratings, as Iowa and Nebraska both declined.

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AGWeb Crop-Corn 09.jpg

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 dropped 1.3 points to 355.8, despite the unchanged good/excellent national ratings, as both Iowa and Nebraska declined slightly more than one point each. The corn CCI rating is now 11.2 points below the five-year average. The soybean crop improved 3.1 points to 353.9, which was still 2.7 points below average.

The spring wheat crop improved 2.9 points to 375.4, though that was slightly below ratings for this point in the growing season for 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.01%*)

2.99

3.29

3.83

Illinois (14.37%)

55.48

53.75

57.20

Indiana (6.59%)

22.01

21.62

25.32

Iowa (17.32%)

66.84

67.88

63.21

Kansas (5.41%)

15.90

16.39

19.08

Kentucky (1.80%)

5.44

5.26

6.59

Michigan (2.07%)

7.60

7.62

7.86

Minnesota (9.53%)

34.79

34.60

29.92

Missouri (3.67%)

11.97

12.23

12.91

Nebraska (12.65%)

42.51

43.64

48.21

North Carolina (0.80%)

2.25

2.19

2.79

North Dakota (2.42%)

9.53

9.41

6.85

Ohio (3.81%)

13.36

13.32

15.14

Pennsylvania (1.09%)

4.08

4.11

4.09

South Dakota (4.71%)

17.05

17.24

14.64

Tennessee (1.08%)

3.02

2.97

3.96

Texas (1.76%)

4.45

4.81

6.24

Wisconsin (3.49%)

13.73

13.91

14.11

Corn total

355.81

357.13

363.79

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.49%*)

12.52

12.49

13.24

Illinois (14.91%)

56.97

54.29

56.88

Indiana (7.76%)

25.76

25.76

29.50

Iowa (13.35%)

50.87

51.41

45.94

Kansas (4.68%)

15.34

15.62

16.76

Kentucky (2.31%)

7.53

6.84

8.93

Louisiana (1.23%)

4.49

4.50

5.05

Michigan (2.33%)

8.31

8.28

8.92

Minnesota (8.38%)

31.10

30.52

26.15

Mississippi (2.33%)

8.33

7.75

9.16

Missouri (6.59%)

21.47

21.47

22.80

Nebraska (7.65%)

26.54

27.23

29.47

North Carolina (1.46%)

5.03

5.02

4.99

North Dakota (4.46%)

16.49

16.49

12.79

Ohio (6.19%)

21.61

21.55

23.81

South Dakota (4.82%)

17.54

17.54

15.12

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.43%)

9.48

9.63

8.99

Soybean total

353.86

350.72

352.87

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.76%*)

28.54

28.54

21.15

Minnesota (14.03%)

54.70

53.02

35.08

Montana (17.83%)

56.88

56.70

31.97

North Dakota (50.14%)

196.55

195.05

114.03

South Dakota (5.27%)

18.28

18.97

11.48

Washington (4.98%)

20.46

20.21

7.32

HRS total

375.42

372.49

221.79

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.