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 improved 1.1 points to 365.2, though that was still 3.6 points below the five-year average for the second week of July. The soybean crop improved 1.5 points to 356.4, which was a modest 0.8 point above average.
The spring wheat crop improved 7.2 points to 375.8, which was 42.0 points above the five-year average for the date. The spring wheat crop is behind in development, but after a slow start, it’s rated relatively strong.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.01%*) | 3.55 | 3.47 | 4.16 |
Illinois (14.37%) | 53.18 | 52.31 | 54.09 |
Indiana (6.59%) | 21.75 | 22.01 | 24.73 |
Iowa (17.32%) | 68.23 | 67.01 | 64.26 |
Kansas (5.41%) | 18.88 | 19.26 | 19.71 |
Kentucky (1.80%) | 5.55 | 5.62 | 6.68 |
Michigan (2.07%) | 7.70 | 7.95 | 7.66 |
Minnesota (9.53%) | 35.46 | 35.55 | 31.26 |
Missouri (3.67%) | 13.22 | 13.40 | 12.66 |
Nebraska (12.65%) | 45.41 | 45.29 | 50.38 |
North Carolina (0.80%) | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.85 |
North Dakota (2.42%) | 9.38 | 9.41 | 7.90 |
Ohio (3.81%) | 13.09 | 12.82 | 14.99 |
Pennsylvania (1.09%) | 4.20 | 4.41 | 4.06 |
South Dakota (4.71%) | 18.18 | 17.94 | 14.79 |
Tennessee (1.08%) | 3.38 | 3.64 | 3.94 |
Texas (1.76%) | 4.79 | 4.77 | 6.49 |
Wisconsin (3.49%) | 13.66 | 13.66 | 14.18 |
Corn total | 365.19 | 364.05 | 366.80 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.49%*) | 12.94 | 13.04 | 13.24 |
Illinois (14.91%) | 54.14 | 52.95 | 53.16 |
Indiana (7.76%) | 25.61 | 26.07 | 29.03 |
Iowa (13.35%) | 52.34 | 51.54 | 46.96 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 17.07 | 16.98 | 17.14 |
Kentucky (2.31%) | 6.84 | 7.49 | 8.86 |
Louisiana (1.23%) | 4.91 | 4.70 | 4.95 |
Michigan (2.33%) | 8.49 | 8.65 | 8.62 |
Minnesota (8.38%) | 30.85 | 31.27 | 28.02 |
Mississippi (2.33%) | 8.49 | 8.21 | 8.92 |
Missouri (6.59%) | 22.72 | 23.05 | 22.54 |
Nebraska (7.65%) | 27.99 | 27.30 | 29.47 |
North Carolina (1.46%) | 4.65 | 4.62 | 5.01 |
North Dakota (4.46%) | 16.67 | 16.49 | 13.58 |
Ohio (6.19%) | 20.86 | 20.68 | 23.94 |
South Dakota (4.82%) | 17.74 | 17.83 | 15.12 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.43%) | 9.53 | 9.48 | 9.04 |
Soybean total | 356.41 | 354.87 | 351.93 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.76%*) | 28.85 | 28.31 | 20.22 |
Minnesota (14.03%) | 52.60 | 54.14 | 39.36 |
Montana (17.83%) | 59.20 | 54.21 | 42.68 |
North Dakota (50.14%) | 195.55 | 192.54 | 120.54 |
South Dakota (5.27%) | 18.86 | 19.02 | 11.54 |
Washington (4.98%) | 20.51 | 20.11 | 8.70 |
HRS total | 375.57 | 368.33 | 243.88 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.