Corn CCI rating starts lower than last year
When USDA’s initial 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 starts the growing season with a 375.9 rating. That’s down 6.7 points from last year’s first rating, though it came one week later.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn |
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This Week |
Last week |
Year-ago initial (June 5) |
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Colorado (0.91%*) |
3.42 |
NA |
3.36 |
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Illinois (15.33%) |
56.73 |
NA |
56.77 |
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Indiana (6.95%) |
26.28 |
NA |
25.31 |
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Iowa (17.02%) |
65.86 |
NA |
69.78 |
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Kansas (4.72%) |
16.40 |
NA |
19.64 |
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Kentucky (1.72%) |
6.58 |
NA |
7.06 |
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Michigan (2.30%) |
8.55 |
NA |
7.91 |
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Minnesota (9.98%) |
38.92 |
NA |
34.51 |
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Missouri (3.75%) |
12.78 |
NA |
13.62 |
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Nebraska (11.86%) |
43.77 |
NA |
48.32 |
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North Carolina (0.79%) |
3.05 |
NA |
3.02 |
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North Dakota (2.28%) |
8.57 |
NA |
8.92 |
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Ohio (4.20%) |
16.31 |
NA |
14.46 |
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Pennsylvania (0.99%) |
3.29 |
NA |
4.41 |
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South Dakota (4.93%) |
18.05 |
NA |
17.43 |
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Tennessee (0.94%) |
3.70 |
NA |
4.19 |
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Texas (1.45%) |
5.81 |
NA |
5.32 |
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Wisconsin (3.71%) |
14.62 |
NA |
14.01 |
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Corn total |
375.86 |
NA |
382.56 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
