Corn, soybean CCI ratings slip again, spring wheat rating plunges

The spring wheat CCI rating is now 91.1 points below its five-year average.

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to “challenge the EPA’s fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels” for 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to CBD’s press release.
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to “challenge the EPA’s fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels” for 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to CBD’s press release.
(Farm Journal)

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 dropped 5.6 points to 366.7 points, while the soybean crop declined 3.4 points to 354.6 points. The corn crop is now 8.6 points below its five-year average and soybeans are 9.1 points under the norm for this date.

The spring wheat CCI rating plunged 27.8 points over the past week to 277.0 points. That’s now 91.1 points below the five-year average.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.17%*)

4.15

4.14

3.72

Illinois (14.81%)

54.83

55.43

53.02

Indiana (6.37%)

24.33

24.60

22.44

Iowa (18.03%)

61.63

64.09

72.12

Kansas (4.99%)

19.50

20.03

17.38

Kentucky (1.58%)

6.80

6.71

6.16

Michigan (1.95%)

7.11

6.93

6.95

Minnesota (9.62%)

33.28

34.44

39.34

Missouri (3.48%)

12.52

12.45

13.03

Nebraska (12.32%)

51.27

51.14

47.56

North Carolina (0.74%)

2.82

2.80

2.64

North Dakota (3.17%)

8.26

8.37

11.86

Ohio (3.74%)

14.80

14.61

13.21

Pennsylvania (1.02%)

3.98

3.89

4.18

South Dakota (4.88%)

15.43

16.16

19.13

Tennessee (0.93%)

3.92

3.88

3.57

Texas (1.85%)

6.69

6.82

6.49

Wisconsin (3.53%)

13.36

13.43

14.26

Corn total

366.70

372.25

379.09

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.78%*)

13.07

13.03

14.28

Illinois (14.61%)

55.39

54.64

52.30

Indiana (7.56%)

28.87

29.42

26.90

Iowa (13.06%)

45.05

46.07

51.96

Kansas (4.68%)

17.19

16.95

17.25

Kentucky (2.25%)

8.93

8.91

8.84

Louisiana (1.37%)

4.90

5.04

5.12

Michigan (2.24%)

8.34

8.13

7.96

Minnesota (8.53%)

29.90

31.09

34.10

Mississippi (2.24%)

8.90

8.74

8.07

Missouri (6.29%)

22.87

23.06

22.84

Nebraska (7.53%)

29.61

29.99

29.21

North Carolina (1.39%)

4.98

5.02

4.97

North Dakota (5.30%)

13.73

14.12

19.77

Ohio (5.99%)

23.69

23.57

21.25

South Dakota (5.15%)

16.25

17.07

20.09

Tennessee (1.80%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.31%)

8.50

8.62

9.42

Soybean total

354.58

358.01

369.94

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.15%*)

23.01

22.93

27.60

Minnesota (15.18%)

45.58

51.10

58.59

Montana (15.24%)

58.85

60.66

59.45

North Dakota (51.78%)

123.54

141.54

191.06

South Dakota (5.39%)

14.47

16.24

20.33

Washington (4.49%)

10.57

11.19

17.96

HRS total

276.95

304.73

377.89

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.