USDA rated 74% of the corn crop as “good” to “excellent,” down one percentage point from the previous week. The amount of corn rated “poor” to “very poor” increased one point to 5%. The initial soybean crop rating was 72% “good” to “excellent” and 4% “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 slipped 0.3 point to 385.2, though that was still 24.3 points above year above. Soybeans started the growing season with a 373.2 CCI rating, 22.8 points above year-ago at this time.
USDA rated 72% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent,” down two points for the week. The amount of crop rated “poor” to “very poor” increased one point to 3%. The spring wheat CCI rating of 375.4 declined 3.2 points from last week.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (0.88%*) | 3.23 | 3.19 | 3.62 |
Illinois (15.31%) | 59.39 | 60.15 | 52.75 |
Indiana (7.00%) | 26.60 | 26.53 | 24.20 |
Iowa (17.12%) | 65.72 | 65.38 | 64.16 |
Kansas (4.26%) | 15.63 | 15.59 | 16.49 |
Kentucky (1.73%) | 6.08 | 6.36 | 6.34 |
Michigan (2.31%) | 8.88 | 8.82 | 7.29 |
Minnesota (9.89%) | 38.28 | 38.77 | 38.02 |
Missouri (3.65%) | 13.44 | 13.30 | 12.37 |
Nebraska (11.45%) | 46.83 | 45.68 | 42.94 |
North Carolina (0.83%) | 3.09 | 3.26 | 3.02 |
North Dakota (2.88%) | 10.67 | 11.16 | 8.73 |
Ohio (4.35%) | 16.95 | 17.08 | 15.05 |
Pennsylvania (0.77%) | 3.14 | 3.24 | 3.06 |
South Dakota (5.11%) | 20.09 | 19.89 | 17.56 |
Tennessee (0.94%) | 3.47 | 3.47 | 3.52 |
Texas (1.47%) | 5.14 | 5.27 | 5.78 |
Wisconsin (3.71%) | 14.16 | 13.97 | 13.77 |
Corn total | 385.22 | 385.56 | 360.91 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.71%*) | 14.06 | NA | 13.25 |
Illinois (15.58%) | 58.88 | NA | 52.29 |
Indiana (7.81%) | 29.53 | NA | 27.09 |
Iowa (13.89%) | 53.20 | NA | 49.64 |
Kansas (3.31%) | 12.47 | NA | 14.26 |
Kentucky (2.34%) | 8.38 | NA | 8.80 |
Louisiana (1.17%) | 4.52 | NA | 5.10 |
Michigan (2.39%) | 9.00 | NA | 7.47 |
Minnesota (8.34%) | 31.84 | NA | 31.85 |
Mississippi (2.39%) | 9.26 | NA | 9.54 |
Missouri (6.33%) | 22.65 | NA | 21.36 |
Nebraska (6.93%) | 27.46 | NA | 24.79 |
North Carolina (1.49%) | 5.61 | NA | 5.49 |
North Dakota (4.64%) | 16.99 | NA | 16.03 |
Ohio (6.47%) | 24.84 | NA | 22.63 |
South Dakota (4.89%) | 18.99 | NA | 17.53 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | NA | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.60%) | 10.02 | NA | 9.29 |
Soybean total | 373.32 | NA | 350.55 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho* (7.48%) | 28.27 | 28.05 | 27.38 |
Minnesota (14.39%) | 54.55 | 55.27 | 51.96 |
Montana (15.98%) | 56.90 | 55.94 | 54.66 |
North Dakota (50.94%) | 195.09 | 197.13 | 185.41 |
South Dakota (6.13%) | 22.39 | 23.98 | 20.98 |
Washington (5.07%) | 18.22 | 18.22 | 16.24 |
HRS total | 375.41 | 378.58 | 356.62 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.