Corn, soybean CCI ratings improve
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 improved 5.1 points to 344.6, though that was still 20.5 points (5.6%) below last year at this time. The soybean crop improved 3.3 points to 331.7, which was still 24.7 points (6.9%) below year-ago. Improvements in Nebraska led both crops.
The spring wheat CCI rating dropped another 5.1 points to 328.4, which was 47.2 points (12.6%) below last year at this time.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn |
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This Week |
Last week |
Year-ago |
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Colorado (0.91%*) |
3.42 |
3.52 |
3.55 |
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Illinois (15.33%) |
47.53 |
47.38 |
53.18 |
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Indiana (6.95%) |
23.71 |
23.64 |
21.75 |
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Iowa (17.02%) |
60.92 |
60.92 |
68.23 |
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Kansas (4.72%) |
16.30 |
15.83 |
18.88 |
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Kentucky (1.72%) |
6.03 |
6.00 |
5.55 |
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Michigan (2.30%) |
7.17 |
7.08 |
7.70 |
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Minnesota (9.98%) |
36.13 |
36.23 |
35.46 |
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Missouri (3.75%) |
10.35 |
10.35 |
13.22 |
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Nebraska (11.86%) |
43.06 |
40.09 |
45.41 |
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North Carolina (0.79%) |
3.07 |
2.90 |
2.17 |
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North Dakota (2.28%) |
8.32 |
8.16 |
9.38 |
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Ohio (4.20%) |
15.59 |
15.21 |
13.09 |
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Pennsylvania (0.99%) |
3.21 |
3.33 |
4.20 |
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South Dakota (4.93%) |
17.46 |
16.82 |
18.18 |
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Tennessee (0.94%) |
3.52 |
3.56 |
3.38 |
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Texas (1.45%) |
5.27 |
5.36 |
4.79 |
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Wisconsin (3.71%) |
12.28 |
12.24 |
13.66 |
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Corn total |
344.60 |
339.55 |
365.09 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans |
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This Week |
Last week |
Year-ago |
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Arkansas (3.58%*) |
12.96 |
12.78 |
12.94 |
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Illinois (15.24%) |
45.89 |
45.89 |
54.14 |
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Indiana (7.81%) |
27.09 |
26.62 |
25.61 |
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Iowa (13.31%) |
45.52 |
45.65 |
52.34 |
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Kansas (4.01%) |
14.10 |
13.78 |
17.07 |
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Kentucky (2.34%) |
8.21 |
8.40 |
6.84 |
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Louisiana (1.28%) |
4.91 |
4.54 |
4.91 |
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Michigan (2.47%) |
7.37 |
7.32 |
8.49 |
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Minnesota (8.45%) |
30.42 |
30.92 |
30.85 |
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Mississippi (2.47%) |
9.32 |
9.10 |
8.49 |
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Missouri (6.55%) |
18.87 |
18.47 |
22.72 |
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Nebraska (7.17%) |
24.58 |
23.22 |
27.99 |
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North Carolina (1.47%) |
5.54 |
5.36 |
4.65 |
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North Dakota (4.43%) |
15.10 |
15.54 |
16.67 |
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Ohio (6.41%) |
23.08 |
23.01 |
20.86 |
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South Dakota (4.90%) |
17.04 |
16.41 |
17.74 |
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Tennessee (1.81%) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Wisconsin (2.57%) |
8.31 |
8.13 |
9.53 |
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Soybean total |
331.72 |
328.45 |
356.41 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat |
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This Week |
Last week |
Year-ago |
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Idaho (7.48%*) |
27.23 |
27.23 |
28.85 |
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Minnesota (14.39%) |
51.52 |
51.81 |
52.60 |
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Montana (15.98%) |
54.98 |
57.06 |
59.20 |
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North Dakota (50.94%) |
160.45 |
163.00 |
195.55 |
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South Dakota (6.13%) |
17.73 |
17.48 |
18.86 |
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Washington (5.07%) |
16.44 |
16.90 |
20.51 |
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HRS total |
328.35 |
333.47 |
375.57 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.
