Corn, soybean CCI ratings improve, spring wheat slips

The corn CCI is now above year-ago, while the soybean rating is virtually equal to last year at this time.

Soybean field beside corn field soybeans clouds - Lindsey Pound
Soybean field beside corn field soybeans clouds - 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 3.9 points to 352.5 and was now 3.7 points (1.1%) above last year at this time. The soybean crop jumped 9.2 points to 349.2, which was 0.1 point better than last year on this date.

The spring wheat crop slipped 0.9 points to 320.7, which was 47.7 points (12.9%) below last year.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.57

3.50

3.17

Illinois (15.33%)

55.20

53.36

55.62

Indiana (6.95%)

25.38

24.89

22.61

Iowa (17.02%)

60.24

60.58

64.42

Kansas (4.72%)

15.21

15.50

14.55

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.60

6.49

5.39

Michigan (2.30%)

8.09

7.84

7.75

Minnesota (9.98%)

32.43

32.03

35.17

Missouri (3.75%)

10.91

10.16

11.53

Nebraska (11.86%)

42.34

42.70

40.48

North Carolina (0.79%)

2.92

3.04

2.37

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.28

8.14

9.02

Ohio (4.20%)

16.10

15.93

13.36

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

4.01

4.05

3.96

South Dakota (4.93%)

17.85

17.36

15.59

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.59

3.52

3.16

Texas (1.45%)

5.04

5.24

4.49

Wisconsin (3.71%)

3.57

12.84

13.84

Corn total

352.53

348.68

348.82

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.58%*)

13.50

13.75

12.94

Illinois (15.24%)

56.41

53.36

56.82

Indiana (7.81%)

28.58

28.03

26.70

Iowa (13.31%)

47.65

46.05

48.87

Kansas (4.01%)

13.10

12.90

13.89

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.89

8.80

7.53

Louisiana (1.28%)

4.31

4.43

4.46

Michigan (2.47%)

8.51

8.16

8.49

Minnesota (8.45%)

28.47

27.97

31.10

Mississippi (2.47%)

9.40

9.27

8.35

Missouri (6.55%)

20.24

19.13

21.47

Nebraska (7.17%)

25.29

24.79

25.24

North Carolina (1.47%)

5.23

5.41

5.06

North Dakota (4.43%)

14.70

14.44

16.14

Ohio (6.41%)

24.10

23.78

21.67

South Dakota (4.90%)

17.83

17.14

16.53

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.57%)

8.95

8.93

9.53

Soybean total

349.22

340.06

349.08

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.48%*)

26.78

26.33

28.93

Minnesota (14.39%)

48.50

48.93

53.86

Montana (15.98%)

52.42

52.42

57.77

North Dakota (50.94%)

160.45

161.98

190.54

South Dakota (6.13%)

17.97

17.85

16.86

Washington (5.07%)

14.56

14.11

20.41

HRS total

320.69

321.62

368.36

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.