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.