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 6.7 points to 369.5, which was 2.8 points below the five-year average. The soybean crop declined 5.4 points to 360.6, which was still 0.4 point above average.
The spring wheat crop slipped 3.8 points to 360.4, though that was still 17.9 points above the five-year average for the date.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.01%*) | 3.50 | 3.54 | 4.34 |
Illinois (14.37%) | 53.46 | 54.61 | 55.72 |
Indiana (6.59%) | 23.27 | 24.72 | 24.66 |
Iowa (17.32%) | 67.88 | 69.09 | 63.04 |
Kansas (5.41%) | 19.37 | 19.04 | 19.40 |
Kentucky (1.80%) | 6.43 | 6.97 | 6.61 |
Michigan (2.07%) | 7.87 | 7.87 | 7.33 |
Minnesota (9.53%) | 35.17 | 35.55 | 32.13 |
Missouri (3.67%) | 13.58 | 13.69 | 12.52 |
Nebraska (12.65%) | 45.79 | 46.05 | 51.14 |
North Carolina (0.80%) | 2.41 | 2.65 | 2.77 |
North Dakota (2.42%) | 9.21 | 9.14 | 8.29 |
Ohio (3.81%) | 12.94 | 13.47 | 14.45 |
Pennsylvania (1.09%) | 4.32 | 4.41 | 3.97 |
South Dakota (4.71%) | 18.18 | 18.27 | 14.50 |
Tennessee (1.08%) | 3.81 | 4.04 | 3.93 |
Texas (1.76%) | 4.98 | 5.19 | 6.64 |
Wisconsin (3.49%) | 13.59 | 13.77 | 13.50 |
Corn total | 369.46 | 376.20 | 366.96 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.49%*) | 13.60 | 13.78 | 13.28 |
Illinois (14.91%) | 54.44 | 54.89 | 55.84 |
Indiana (7.76%) | 27.47 | 28.87 | 29.11 |
Iowa (13.35%) | 52.21 | 52.34 | 45.68 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 17.16 | 17.07 | 17.09 |
Kentucky (2.31%) | 8.32 | 8.94 | 8.86 |
Louisiana (1.23%) | 4.59 | 4.69 | 4.83 |
Michigan (2.33%) | 8.65 | 8.61 | 8.44 |
Minnesota (8.38%) | 30.52 | 31.02 | 28.62 |
Mississippi (2.33%) | 8.42 | 9.12 | 9.11 |
Missouri (6.59%) | 23.51 | 23.71 | 22.87 |
Nebraska (7.65%) | 27.38 | 27.76 | 29.61 |
North Carolina (1.46%) | 4.37 | 4.99 | 4.91 |
North Dakota (4.46%) | 16.49 | 16.18 | 14.17 |
Ohio (6.19%) | 21.05 | 21.67 | 23.32 |
South Dakota (4.82%) | 18.27 | 17.93 | 15.33 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.43%) | 9.44 | 9.56 | 8.78 |
Soybean total | 360.61 | 366.04 | 354.26 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.76%*) | 29.16 | 29.55 | 22.36 |
Minnesota (14.03%) | 51.76 | 51.90 | 39.64 |
Montana (17.83%) | 52.42 | 53.49 | 53.03 |
North Dakota (50.14%) | 188.03 | 190.54 | 129.54 |
South Dakota (5.27%) | 19.07 | 19.13 | 13.72 |
Washington (4.98%) | 19.96 | 19.61 | 10.23 |
HRS total | 360.40 | 364.21 | 269.46 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.