Spring wheat CCI rating continues to fall

The corn and soybean CCI ratings were little changed over the past week, but the spring wheat crop continues to deteriorate.

Drought-stressed wheat
Drought-stressed wheat
(AgWeb)

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 and soybean crops showed little change. The corn crop rose 0.3 point to 367.0 points, while the soybean rating slipped 0.3 point to 354.3 points. The corn CCI rating is 8.9 points below the five-year average for the end of June, while the soybean rating is 8.8 points below average.

The spring wheat CCI rating fell another 7.5 points over the past week to 269.5 points. That’s now 94.3 points below the five-year average for the end of June.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.17%*)

4.34

4.15

3.80

Illinois (14.81%)

55.72

54.83

55.09

Indiana (6.37%)

24.66

24.33

22.89

Iowa (18.03%)

63.04

61.63

72.49

Kansas (4.99%)

19.40

19.50

17.28

Kentucky (1.58%)

6.61

6.80

6.28

Michigan (1.95%)

7.33

7.11

7.14

Minnesota (9.62%)

32.13

33.28

38.95

Missouri (3.48%)

12.52

12.52

12.96

Nebraska (12.32%)

51.14

51.27

48.18

North Carolina (0.74%)

2.77

2.82

2.77

North Dakota (3.17%)

8.29

8.26

11.71

Ohio (3.74%)

14.45

14.80

13.51

Pennsylvania (1.02%)

3.97

3.98

4.07

South Dakota (4.88%)

14.50

15.43

19.08

Tennessee (0.93%)

3.93

3.92

3.54

Texas (1.85%)

6.64

6.69

6.55

Wisconsin (3.53%)

13.50

13.36

14.12

Corn total

366.96

366.70

382.62

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.78%*)

13.28

13.07

14.36

Illinois (14.61%)

55.84

55.39

54.63

Indiana (7.56%)

29.11

28.87

27.43

Iowa (13.06%)

45.68

45.05

51.83

Kansas (4.68%)

17.09

17.19

16.83

Kentucky (2.25%)

8.86

8.93

9.00

Louisiana (1.37%)

4.83

4.90

5.36

Michigan (2.24%)

8.44

8.34

8.23

Minnesota (8.53%)

28.62

29.90

33.85

Mississippi (2.24%)

9.11

8.90

8.00

Missouri (6.29%)

22.87

22.87

22.91

Nebraska (7.53%)

29.61

29.61

29.06

North Carolina (1.39%)

4.91

4.98

5.10

North Dakota (5.30%)

14.17

13.73

19.71

Ohio (5.99%)

23.32

23.69

21.79

South Dakota (5.15%)

15.33

16.25

20.09

Tennessee (1.80%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.31%)

8.78

8.50

9.35

Soybean total

354.26

354.58

373.26

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.15%*)

22.36

23.01

28.81

Minnesota (15.18%)

39.64

45.58

57.98

Montana (15.24%)

53.03

58.85

59.60

North Dakota (51.78%)

129.54

123.54

183.29

South Dakota (5.39%)

13.72

14.47

19.63

Washington (4.49%)

10.23

10.57

17.96

HRS total

269.46

276.95

370.12

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.