Corn, soybean and spring wheat CCI ratings inch down

All three crops remain rated well above year-ago and average for this time of year.

Corn, Soybeans
Corn, Soybeans
(Farm Journal)

USDA rated 67% of the corn crop as “good” to “excellent” and 11% “poor” to “very poor.” The soybean crop was rated 68% “good” to “excellent” and 8% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500-point scale, with 500 representing perfect), the corn crop dropped 1.1 points to 372.5, while the soybean crop slipped 0.4 point to 367.4.

USDA rated 73% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent” and 5% “poor” to “very poor.” On the CCI, spring wheat crop declined 1.7 points to 380.2.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.88%*)

3.03

3.09

3.30

Illinois (15.31%)

59.39

60.00

54.28

Indiana (7.00%)

26.60

26.18

25.31

Iowa (17.12%)

66.92

66.92

60.58

Kansas (4.26%)

13.71

13.84

14.69

Kentucky (1.73%)

6.31

6.24

6.58

Michigan (2.31%)

8.93

8.70

8.32

Minnesota (9.89%)

35.80

35.60

32.63

Missouri (3.65%)

14.10

14.25

10.80

Nebraska (11.45%)

43.85

43.39

42.11

North Carolina (0.83%)

1.67

1.74

2.95

North Dakota (2.88%)

10.27

10.58

8.09

Ohio (4.35%)

15.17

15.99

15.97

Pennsylvania (0.77%)

2.49

2.54

4.02

South Dakota (5.11%)

19.07

19.32

17.56

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.18

3.26

3.52

Texas (1.47%)

4.54

4.55

4.92

Wisconsin (3.71%)

13.86

13.75

12.91

Corn total

372.51

373.65

350.15

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.71%*)

13.99

14.10

13.82

Illinois (15.58%)

58.41

59.19

55.03

Indiana (7.81%)

29.53

29.07

28.73

Iowa (13.89%)

54.31

54.03

47.52

Kansas (3.31%)

11.71

11.74

12.46

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.50

8.45

8.87

Louisiana (1.17%)

4.54

4.52

4.16

Michigan (2.39%)

8.59

8.57

8.95

Minnesota (8.34%)

30.59

30.17

29.23

Mississippi (2.39%)

8.83

9.02

9.37

Missouri (6.33%)

24.49

24.17

21.09

Nebraska (6.93%)

26.70

26.35

25.08

North Carolina (1.49%)

5.05

5.00

5.13

North Dakota (4.64%)

16.29

16.57

14.44

Ohio (6.47%)

22.83

23.61

24.23

South Dakota (4.89%)

18.06

18.26

17.68

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.60%)

9.58

9.58

9.08

Soybean total

367.37

367.80

348.94

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.


Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho* (7.48%)

26.70

26.70

25.51

Minnesota (14.39%)

59.15

59.58

50.66

Montana (15.98%)

56.74

55.94

50.02

North Dakota (50.94%)

198.66

201.71

157.40

South Dakota (6.13%)

23.37

23.37

17.97

Washington (5.07%)

15.58

14.61

14.51

HRS total

380.20

381.92

316.07

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.