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 5.1 points to 344.6, though that was still 20.5 points (5.6%) below last year at this time. The soybean crop improved 3.3 points to 331.7, which was still 24.7 points (6.9%) below year-ago. Improvements in Nebraska led both crops.
The spring wheat CCI rating dropped another 5.1 points to 328.4, which was 47.2 points (12.6%) below last year at this time.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (0.91%*) | 3.42 | 3.52 | 3.55 |
Illinois (15.33%) | 47.53 | 47.38 | 53.18 |
Indiana (6.95%) | 23.71 | 23.64 | 21.75 |
Iowa (17.02%) | 60.92 | 60.92 | 68.23 |
Kansas (4.72%) | 16.30 | 15.83 | 18.88 |
Kentucky (1.72%) | 6.03 | 6.00 | 5.55 |
Michigan (2.30%) | 7.17 | 7.08 | 7.70 |
Minnesota (9.98%) | 36.13 | 36.23 | 35.46 |
Missouri (3.75%) | 10.35 | 10.35 | 13.22 |
Nebraska (11.86%) | 43.06 | 40.09 | 45.41 |
North Carolina (0.79%) | 3.07 | 2.90 | 2.17 |
North Dakota (2.28%) | 8.32 | 8.16 | 9.38 |
Ohio (4.20%) | 15.59 | 15.21 | 13.09 |
Pennsylvania (0.99%) | 3.21 | 3.33 | 4.20 |
South Dakota (4.93%) | 17.46 | 16.82 | 18.18 |
Tennessee (0.94%) | 3.52 | 3.56 | 3.38 |
Texas (1.45%) | 5.27 | 5.36 | 4.79 |
Wisconsin (3.71%) | 12.28 | 12.24 | 13.66 |
Corn total | 344.60 | 339.55 | 365.09 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.58%*) | 12.96 | 12.78 | 12.94 |
Illinois (15.24%) | 45.89 | 45.89 | 54.14 |
Indiana (7.81%) | 27.09 | 26.62 | 25.61 |
Iowa (13.31%) | 45.52 | 45.65 | 52.34 |
Kansas (4.01%) | 14.10 | 13.78 | 17.07 |
Kentucky (2.34%) | 8.21 | 8.40 | 6.84 |
Louisiana (1.28%) | 4.91 | 4.54 | 4.91 |
Michigan (2.47%) | 7.37 | 7.32 | 8.49 |
Minnesota (8.45%) | 30.42 | 30.92 | 30.85 |
Mississippi (2.47%) | 9.32 | 9.10 | 8.49 |
Missouri (6.55%) | 18.87 | 18.47 | 22.72 |
Nebraska (7.17%) | 24.58 | 23.22 | 27.99 |
North Carolina (1.47%) | 5.54 | 5.36 | 4.65 |
North Dakota (4.43%) | 15.10 | 15.54 | 16.67 |
Ohio (6.41%) | 23.08 | 23.01 | 20.86 |
South Dakota (4.90%) | 17.04 | 16.41 | 17.74 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.57%) | 8.31 | 8.13 | 9.53 |
Soybean total | 331.72 | 328.45 | 356.41 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.48%*) | 27.23 | 27.23 | 28.85 |
Minnesota (14.39%) | 51.52 | 51.81 | 52.60 |
Montana (15.98%) | 54.98 | 57.06 | 59.20 |
North Dakota (50.94%) | 160.45 | 163.00 | 195.55 |
South Dakota (6.13%) | 17.73 | 17.48 | 18.86 |
Washington (5.07%) | 16.44 | 16.90 | 20.51 |
HRS total | 328.35 | 333.47 | 375.57 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.