Corn, soybean and spring wheat CCI ratings decline

Corn and soybean CCI ratings are well below year-ago, while the spring wheat rating is still above last year at this time.

Young Corn Field Sunset - Lindsey Pound
Young Corn Field Sunset - 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 fell 4.8 points to 360.9, while the soybean crop dropped 7.3 points to 350.6. The CCI ratings are now 18.8 points below year-ago for corn and 20.4 points below for soybeans.

The spring wheat CCI rating declined 13.6 points over the past week to 356.6, though that was still 3.2 points above year-ago at this time.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.62

3.62

3.47

Illinois (15.33%)

52.75

52.75

56.05

Indiana (6.95%)

24.20

25.03

25.11

Iowa (17.02%)

64.16

64.84

69.78

Kansas (4.72%)

16.49

16.35

19.31

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.34

6.48

7.19

Michigan (2.30%)

7.29

7.86

8.20

Minnesota (9.98%)

38.02

38.72

34.51

Missouri (3.75%)

12.37

12.29

13.95

Nebraska (11.86%)

42.94

43.53

45.92

North Carolina (0.79%)

3.02

3.06

2.98

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.73

8.75

9.16

Ohio (4.20%)

15.05

15.42

14.12

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

3.06

3.07

4.48

South Dakota (4.93%)

17.56

17.95

17.99

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.52

3.60

4.17

Texas (1.45%)

5.78

5.68

5.07

Wisconsin (3.71%)

13.77

14.14

13.91

Corn total

360.91

365.70

379.72

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.58%*)

13.25

13.07

14.09

Illinois (15.24%)

52.29

53.36

57.57

Indiana (7.81%)

27.09

28.03

29.10

Iowa (13.31%)

49.64

50.18

52.74

Kansas (4.01%)

14.26

14.30

16.93

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.80

8.98

9.17

Louisiana (1.28%)

5.10

5.01

4.82

Michigan (2.47%)

7.47

7.92

8.93

Minnesota (8.45%)

31.85

32.70

30.52

Mississippi (2.47%)

9.54

9.42

8.84

Missouri (6.55%)

21.36

21.88

23.97

Nebraska (7.17%)

24.79

25.65

28.14

North Carolina (1.47%)

5.49

5.54

5.37

North Dakota (4.43%)

16.03

16.61

16.14

Ohio (6.41%)

22.63

23.59

22.16

South Dakota (4.90%)

17.53

17.53

17.69

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.57%)

9.29

9.65

9.61

Soybean total

350.55

357.80

370.91

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.48%*)

27.38

27.53

30.32

Minnesota (14.39%)

51.96

55.12

50.64

Montana (15.98%)

54.66

57.22

49.21

North Dakota (50.94%)

185.41

189.49

186.02

South Dakota (6.13%)

20.98

22.14

18.07

Washington (5.07%)

16.24

18.67

19.11

HRS total

356.62

370.17

353.38

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.