Heat takes bite out of corn, soybean and spring wheat crop condition ratings

Corn and soybean CCI ratings are below their respective five-year averages, while the spring wheat rating is still well above its average for the date.

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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 fell 6.2 points to 357.1, which is now 11.6 points below the five-year average. Much of the weekly decline was in Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas. The soybean crop dropped 2.7 points to 350.7, which is 5.5 points below average.

The spring wheat crop fell 4.6 points to 372.5, though that is still 45.1 points above the five-year average for the date.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.01%*)

3.29

3.43

4.03

Illinois (14.37%)

53.75

53.90

56.46

Indiana (6.59%)

21.62

21.55

24.86

Iowa (17.32%)

67.88

68.40

64.09

Kansas (5.41%)

16.39

17.80

19.50

Kentucky (1.80%)

5.26

5.39

6.64

Michigan (2.07%)

7.62

7.79

7.96

Minnesota (9.53%)

34.60

35.65

30.20

Missouri (3.67%)

12.23

12.78

12.98

Nebraska (12.65%)

43.64

45.54

49.74

North Carolina (0.80%)

2.19

2.15

2.81

North Dakota (2.42%)

9.41

9.33

7.14

Ohio (3.81%)

13.32

12.98

14.72

Pennsylvania (1.09%)

4.11

4.20

4.14

South Dakota (4.71%)

17.24

17.38

14.74

Tennessee (1.08%)

2.97

3.29

3.95

Texas (1.76%)

4.81

4.74

6.15

Wisconsin (3.49%)

13.91

13.77

14.00

Corn total

357.13

363.35

366.09

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.49%*)

12.49

12.69

13.10

Illinois (14.91%)

54.29

53.54

55.39

Indiana (7.76%)

25.76

25.38

28.87

Iowa (13.35%)

51.41

52.07

45.94

Kansas (4.68%)

15.62

16.51

16.99

Kentucky (2.31%)

6.84

6.72

8.95

Louisiana (1.23%)

4.50

4.76

5.05

Michigan (2.33%)

8.28

8.54

8.83

Minnesota (8.38%)

30.52

30.60

26.66

Mississippi (2.33%)

7.75

8.14

9.09

Missouri (6.59%)

21.47

22.46

22.87

Nebraska (7.65%)

27.23

28.22

29.84

North Carolina (1.46%)

5.02

4.75

5.02

North Dakota (4.46%)

16.49

16.31

13.08

Ohio (6.19%)

21.55

20.99

23.07

South Dakota (4.82%)

17.54

17.78

15.18

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.43%)

9.63

9.51

8.97

Soybean total

350.72

353.44

351.20

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.76%*)

28.54

28.77

20.22

Minnesota (14.03%)

53.02

52.88

34.53

Montana (17.83%)

56.70

59.55

30.15

North Dakota (50.14%)

195.05

196.05

111.53

South Dakota (5.27%)

18.97

19.07

11.71

Washington (4.98%)

20.21

20.71

7.75

HRS total

372.49

377.04

216.63

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.