USDA rated 75% of the corn crop and 74% of the spring wheat crop as “good” to “excellent,” up 11 points and 10 points, respectively from year-ago. When USDA’s initial 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 started the growing season with a rating of 385.6, up 19.9 points from last year at this time.
The initial spring wheat CCI rating of 378.6 was up 8.4 points from last year.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (0.88%*) | 3.19 | NA | 3.62 |
Illinois (15.31%) | 60.15 | NA | 52.75 |
Indiana (7.00%) | 26.53 | NA | 25.03 |
Iowa (17.12%) | 65.38 | NA | 64.84 |
Kansas (4.26%) | 15.59 | NA | 16.35 |
Kentucky (1.73%) | 6.36 | NA | 6.48 |
Michigan (2.31%) | 8.82 | NA | 7.86 |
Minnesota (9.89%) | 38.77 | NA | 38.72 |
Missouri (3.65%) | 13.30 | NA | 12.29 |
Nebraska (11.45%) | 45.68 | NA | 43.53 |
North Carolina (0.83%) | 3.26 | NA | 3.06 |
North Dakota (2.88%) | 11.16 | NA | 8.75 |
Ohio (4.35%) | 17.08 | NA | 15.42 |
Pennsylvania (0.77%) | 3.24 | NA | 3.07 |
South Dakota (5.11%) | 19.89 | NA | 17.95 |
Tennessee (0.94%) | 3.47 | NA | 3.60 |
Texas (1.47%) | 5.27 | NA | 5.68 |
Wisconsin (3.71%) | 13.97 | NA | 14.14 |
Corn total | 385.56 | NA | 365.70 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho* (7.48%) | 28.05 | NA | 27.53 |
Minnesota (14.39%) | 55.27 | NA | 55.12 |
Montana (15.98%) | 55.94 | NA | 57.22 |
North Dakota (50.94%) | 197.13 | NA | 189.49 |
South Dakota (6.13%) | 23.98 | NA | 22.14 |
Washington (5.07%) | 18.22 | NA | 18.67 |
HRS total | 378.58 | NA | 370.17 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.