Corn, soybean CCI ratings improve

The spring wheat CCI rating continued to decline.

Aerial land field fields corn soybeans - Lindsey Pound
Aerial land field fields corn soybeans - Lindsey Pound
(Lindsey Pound)

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.