Corn, soybean and spring wheat CCI ratings plunge

Corn field
Corn field
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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 plunged 14.4 points to 346.5 while the soybean crop fell 10.6 points to 339.9. The corn CCI rating fell in 16 of the top 18 production states, led by a nearly 4-point drop in Illinois and just over a 3-point decline in Iowa. Illinois and Iowa also led the soybean CCI rating decline. CCI ratings are now 29.7 points (7.9%) below year-ago for corn and 26.1 points (7.1%) below for soybeans.

The spring wheat CCI rating plummeted 15.9 points to 340.7 and is now 23.5 points (6.4%) below year-ago for this date.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.55

3.62

3.54

Illinois (15.33%)

48.76

52.75

54.61

Indiana (6.95%)

24.13

24.20

24.72

Iowa (17.02%)

61.09

64.16

69.09

Kansas (4.72%)

16.63

16.49

19.04

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.13

6.34

6.97

Michigan (2.30%)

6.97

7.29

7.87

Minnesota (9.98%)

36.92

38.02

35.55

Missouri (3.75%)

12.26

12.37

13.69

Nebraska (11.86%)

41.39

42.94

46.05

North Carolina (0.79%)

2.87

3.02

2.65

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.21

8.73

9.14

Ohio (4.20%)

15.13

15.05

13.47

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

3.19

3.06

4.41

South Dakota (4.93%)

16.37

17.56

18.27

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.42

3.52

4.04

Texas (1.45%)

5.57

5.78

5.19

Wisconsin (3.71%)

12.50

13.77

13.77

Corn total

346.48

360.91

376.20

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

                                                            

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.58%*)

13.79

13.25

13.78

Illinois (15.24%)

48.48

52.29

54.89

Indiana (7.81%)

27.25

27.09

28.87

Iowa (13.31%)

46.98

49.64

52.34

Kansas (4.01%)

14.58

14.26

17.07

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.54

8.80

8.94

Louisiana (1.28%)

4.93

5.10

4.69

Michigan (2.47%)

7.13

7.47

8.61

Minnesota (8.45%)

30.92

31.85

31.02

Mississippi (2.47%)

9.49

9.54

9.12

Missouri (6.55%)

21.49

21.36

23.71

Nebraska (7.17%)

23.79

24.79

27.76

North Carolina (1.47%)

5.38

5.49

4.99

North Dakota (4.43%)

15.32

16.03

16.18

Ohio (6.41%)

22.89

22.63

21.67

South Dakota (4.90%)

16.50

17.53

17.93

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.57%)

8.75

9.29

9.56

Soybean total

339.93

350.55

366.04

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.48%*)

27.15

27.38

29.55

Minnesota (14.39%)

50.95

51.96

51.90

Montana (15.98%)

53.06

54.66

53.49

North Dakota (50.94%)

174.72

185.41

190.54

South Dakota (6.13%)

18.16

20.98

19.13

Washington (5.07%)

16.69

16.24

19.61

HRS total

340.73

356.62

364.21

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.

 

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