Corn, soybean CCI ratings deteriorate

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 dropped 7.7 points to 337.1, which was 2.9 points (0.9%) below last year at this time. The soybean crop fell 8.5 points to 335.5, down 8.1 points (2.3%) from last year. Illinois led declines for both corn and soybeans, though most of the top production states saw some deterioration.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn
	This Week	Last week	Year-ago
Colorado (0.91%*)	3.39	3.32	2.61
Illinois (15.33%)	53.05	55.35	54.47
Indiana (6.95%)	25.17	25.31	22.67
Iowa (17.02%)	56.84	58.03	63.90
Kansas (4.72%)	13.75	14.03	13.36
Kentucky (1.72%)	6.55	6.53	5.35
Michigan (2.30%)	8.05	7.93	7.73
Minnesota (9.98%)	31.24	32.33	34.89
Missouri (3.75%)	10.46	10.91	11.75
Nebraska (11.86%)	38.90	39.97	37.82
North Carolina (0.79%)	2.93	3.00	2.21
North Dakota (2.28%)	8.28	8.05	8.82
Ohio (4.20%)	16.47	16.22	13.13
Pennsylvania (0.99%)	4.01	3.86	3.71
South Dakota (4.93%)	16.13	17.16	15.17
Tennessee (0.94%)	3.59	3.63	3.12
Texas (1.45%)	4.75	4.75	4.21
Wisconsin (3.71%)	12.73	13.10	13.77
Corn total	337.06	344.75	340.50

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans
	This Week	Last week	Year-ago
Arkansas (3.58%*)	13.64	13.54	12.69
Illinois (15.24%)	53.05	56.10	55.03
Indiana (7.81%)	28.26	28.89	27.01
Iowa (13.31%)	44.72	45.52	49.40
Kansas (4.01%)	10.89	12.10	12.30
Kentucky (2.34%)	8.77	8.84	7.93
Louisiana (1.28%)	4.06	4.08	3.65
Michigan (2.47%)	8.36	8.29	8.72
Minnesota (8.45%)	27.97	28.47	30.85
Mississippi (2.47%)	8.78	9.12	8.17
Missouri (6.55%)	20.96	21.23	22.06
Nebraska (7.17%)	23.00	23.72	23.63
North Carolina (1.47%)	5.13	5.14	5.24
North Dakota (4.43%)	14.52	14.48	15.96
Ohio (6.41%)	24.68	24.49	21.30
South Dakota (4.90%)	16.26	16.99	15.95
Tennessee (1.81%)	1.00	1.00	1.00
Wisconsin (2.57%)	8.90	9.16	9.63
Soybean total	335.53	344.03	343.60