Corn, soybean CCI ratings show mild late-season improvements

The CCI ratings ae 25.3 points (7.4%) above year-ago for corn and 23.4 points (6.9%) higher for soybeans.

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USDA rated 64% of the corn crop as “good” to “excellent” and 12% “poor” to “very poor.” The soybean crop was rated 64% “good” to “excellent” and 11% “poor” to “very poor.” On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500-point scale, with 500 representing perfect), the corn crop inched up 0.1 point to 366.1, while the soybean crop improved 1.4 points to 359.9. The CCI ratings ae 25.3 points (7.4%) above year-ago for corn and 23.4 points (6.9%) higher for soybeans.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.88%*)

2.55

2.50

3.23

Illinois (15.31%)

59.70

59.70

55.81

Indiana (7.00%)

25.27

25.27

25.10

Iowa (17.12%)

66.58

66.75

57.35

Kansas (4.26%)

12.69

12.95

13.80

Kentucky (1.73%)

6.29

6.34

6.49

Michigan (2.31%)

8.79

8.58

7.93

Minnesota (9.89%)

35.80

35.70

31.43

Missouri (3.65%)

14.61

14.54

10.76

Nebraska (11.45%)

42.94

42.48

39.38

North Carolina (0.83%)

1.52

1.52

2.95

North Dakota (2.88%)

10.24

10.21

8.28

Ohio (4.35%)

13.60

13.17

16.14

Pennsylvania (0.77%)

2.62

2.68

3.94

South Dakota (5.11%)

18.40

18.97

16.23

Tennessee (0.94%)

2.98

3.06

3.63

Texas (1.47%)

4.54

4.54

4.75

Wisconsin (3.71%)

13.71

13.82

12.54

Corn total

366.05

365.97

340.74

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.71%*)

13.58

13.54

13.57

Illinois (15.58%)

59.35

58.88

56.10

Indiana (7.81%)

28.05

28.05

28.11

Iowa (13.89%)

54.17

54.31

44.72

Kansas (3.31%)

11.01

11.11

10.01

Kentucky (2.34%)

7.96

8.03

8.61

Louisiana (1.17%)

4.47

4.45

3.83

Michigan (2.39%)

8.45

8.30

8.48

Minnesota (8.34%)

30.51

30.67

27.80

Mississippi (2.39%)

8.92

8.92

8.83

Missouri (6.33%)

23.60

23.60

21.55

Nebraska (6.93%)

25.87

25.66

22.72

North Carolina (1.49%)

4.63

4.78

5.27

North Dakota (4.64%)

16.89

16.62

14.66

Ohio (6.47%)

20.51

19.02

24.17

South Dakota (4.89%)

17.33

18.01

15.87

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.60%)

9.56

9.53

8.67

Soybean total

359.93

358.52

336.57

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.