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 9.5 points to 372.3 points while the soybean crop fell 8.8 points to 358.0 points. Corn is now 4.5 points under its five-year average for this date, while the soybean CCI rating is 13.3 below average.
The spring wheat CCI rating dropped another 4.7 points this week to 304.7 points. That’s now 67.9 points below the norm for this point in the growing season.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.17%*) | 4.14 | 3.92 | 3.74 |
Illinois (14.81%) | 55.43 | 57.50 | 54.06 |
Indiana (6.37%) | 24.60 | 24.60 | 23.33 |
Iowa (18.03%) | 64.09 | 68.29 | 71.40 |
Kansas (4.99%) | 20.03 | 19.92 | 17.38 |
Kentucky (1.58%) | 6.71 | 6.68 | 6.16 |
Michigan (1.95%) | 6.93 | 7.07 | 7.16 |
Minnesota (9.62%) | 34.44 | 36.46 | 38.76 |
Missouri (3.48%) | 12.45 | 12.38 | 12.72 |
Nebraska (12.32%) | 51.14 | 51.39 | 47.32 |
North Carolina (0.74%) | 2.80 | 2.78 | 2.60 |
North Dakota (3.17%) | 8.37 | 8.47 | 12.02 |
Ohio (3.74%) | 14.61 | 14.80 | 13.63 |
Pennsylvania (1.02%) | 3.89 | 3.85 | 4.24 |
South Dakota (4.88%) | 16.16 | 16.11 | 18.99 |
Tennessee (0.93%) | 3.88 | 3.88 | 3.58 |
Texas (1.85%) | 6.82 | 6.81 | 6.66 |
Wisconsin (3.53%) | 13.43 | 13.97 | 14.40 |
Corn total | 372.25 | 381.79 | 380.23 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.78%*) | 13.03 | 13.70 | 14.25 |
Illinois (14.61%) | 54.64 | 57.03 | 53.46 |
Indiana (7.56%) | 29.42 | 29.58 | 27.81 |
Iowa (13.06%) | 46.07 | 48.87 | 51.57 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 16.95 | 17.19 | 17.02 |
Kentucky (2.25%) | 8.91 | 9.00 | 8.69 |
Louisiana (1.37%) | 5.04 | 4.72 | 5.08 |
Michigan (2.24%) | 8.13 | 8.39 | 8.36 |
Minnesota (8.53%) | 31.09 | 32.54 | 34.44 |
Mississippi (2.24%) | 8.74 | 9.27 | 8.18 |
Missouri (6.29%) | 23.06 | 23.06 | 22.40 |
Nebraska (7.53%) | 29.99 | 29.91 | 29.36 |
North Carolina (1.39%) | 5.02 | 4.97 | 5.17 |
North Dakota (5.30%) | 14.12 | 14.17 | 20.08 |
Ohio (5.99%) | 23.57 | 23.50 | 22.09 |
South Dakota (5.15%) | 17.07 | 17.18 | 19.93 |
Tennessee (1.80%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.31%) | 8.62 | 8.88 | 9.51 |
Soybean total | 358.01 | 366.83 | 373.13 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.15%*) | 22.93 | 22.58 | 27.81 |
Minnesota (15.18%) | 51.10 | 53.04 | 61.62 |
Montana (15.24%) | 60.66 | 59.39 | 59.30 |
North Dakota (51.78%) | 141.54 | 146.04 | 196.76 |
South Dakota (5.39%) | 16.24 | 15.84 | 20.11 |
Washington (4.49%) | 11.19 | 11.48 | 18.05 |
HRS total | 304.73 | 309.43 | 386.62 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.