Corn CCI rating starts lower than last year

The initial CCI ratings came one week earlier than last year.

Young Corn Field Sunset - Lindsey Pound
Young Corn Field Sunset - Lindsey Pound
(Lindsey Pound)

When USDA’s initial 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 starts the growing season with a 375.9 rating. That’s down 6.7 points from last year’s first rating, though it came one week later.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

initial (June 5)

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.42

NA

3.36

Illinois (15.33%)

56.73

NA

56.77

Indiana (6.95%)

26.28

NA

25.31

Iowa (17.02%)

65.86

NA

69.78

Kansas (4.72%)

16.40

NA

19.64

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.58

NA

7.06

Michigan (2.30%)

8.55

NA

7.91

Minnesota (9.98%)

38.92

NA

34.51

Missouri (3.75%)

12.78

NA

13.62

Nebraska (11.86%)

43.77

NA

48.32

North Carolina (0.79%)

3.05

NA

3.02

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.57

NA

8.92

Ohio (4.20%)

16.31

NA

14.46

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

3.29

NA

4.41

South Dakota (4.93%)

18.05

NA

17.43

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.70

NA

4.19

Texas (1.45%)

5.81

NA

5.32

Wisconsin (3.71%)

14.62

NA

14.01

Corn total

375.86

NA

382.56

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.