When USDA’s weekly crop condition ratings are plugged into the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500 point scale, with 500 being perfect), the corn crop improved 4.4 points to 348.7, which was only 3.3 points (0.9%) below last year at this time. The soybean crop improved 4.3 points to 340.1, though still 11.1 points (3.2%) below last year. Illinois led gains in both corn and soybeans, rising 2.8 points and 3.8 points, respectively.
The spring wheat CCI rating fell another 5.2 points to 321.6, which was 46.2 points (12.6%) below year-ago. Top producer North Dakota accounted for 2.6 points of the decline.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (0.91%*) | 3.50 | 3.37 | 3.01 |
Illinois (15.33%) | 53.36 | 50.60 | 56.05 |
Indiana (6.95%) | 24.89 | 24.75 | 22.41 |
Iowa (17.02%) | 60.58 | 60.07 | 66.15 |
Kansas (4.72%) | 15.50 | 15.88 | 15.25 |
Kentucky (1.72%) | 6.49 | 6.49 | 5.40 |
Michigan (2.30%) | 7.84 | 7.89 | 7.46 |
Minnesota (9.98%) | 32.03 | 33.23 | 34.41 |
Missouri (3.75%) | 10.16 | 9.86 | 11.79 |
Nebraska (11.86%) | 42.70 | 41.39 | 41.24 |
North Carolina (0.79%) | 3.04 | 3.07 | 2.24 |
North Dakota (2.28%) | 8.14 | 7.96 | 9.16 |
Ohio (4.20%) | 15.93 | 15.84 | 13.36 |
Pennsylvania (0.99%) | 4.05 | 3.97 | 4.05 |
South Dakota (4.93%) | 17.36 | 16.97 | 16.30 |
Tennessee (0.94%) | 3.52 | 3.63 | 3.04 |
Texas (1.45%) | 5.24 | 5.20 | 4.38 |
Wisconsin (3.71%) | 12.84 | 12.91 | 13.70 |
Corn total | 348.68 | 344.31 | 351.95 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.58%*) | 13.75 | 13.43 | 12.62 |
Illinois (15.24%) | 53.36 | 49.55 | 57.42 |
Indiana (7.81%) | 28.03 | 28.03 | 26.31 |
Iowa (13.31%) | 46.05 | 46.32 | 50.61 |
Kansas (4.01%) | 12.90 | 13.22 | 14.73 |
Kentucky (2.34%) | 8.80 | 8.75 | 7.56 |
Louisiana (1.28%) | 4.43 | 4.72 | 4.61 |
Michigan (2.47%) | 8.16 | 8.29 | 8.00 |
Minnesota (8.45%) | 27.97 | 28.56 | 30.52 |
Mississippi (2.47%) | 9.27 | 9.40 | 8.33 |
Missouri (6.55%) | 19.13 | 18.61 | 21.53 |
Nebraska (7.17%) | 24.79 | 24.36 | 25.93 |
North Carolina (1.47%) | 5.41 | 5.49 | 4.78 |
North Dakota (4.43%) | 14.44 | 14.44 | 15.91 |
Ohio (6.41%) | 23.78 | 23.46 | 21.42 |
South Dakota (4.90%) | 17.14 | 16.85 | 17.11 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.57%) | 8.93 | 8.77 | 9.41 |
Soybean total | 340.06 | 335.79 | 351.17 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.48%*) | 26.33 | 26.93 | 28.00 |
Minnesota (14.39%) | 48.93 | 49.80 | 53.44 |
Montana (15.98%) | 52.42 | 52.26 | 55.63 |
North Dakota (50.94%) | 161.98 | 164.53 | 193.54 |
South Dakota (6.13%) | 17.85 | 17.73 | 16.86 |
Washington (5.07%) | 14.11 | 15.53 | 20.36 |
HRS total | 321.62 | 326.77 | 367.83 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.