CCI rating improves for spring wheat and soybeans, drops for corn

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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 dropped 2.3 points to 363.8 points while the soybean crop rose 1.7 points to 352.9 points. The CCI ratings are 8.0 points below the five-year average for corn and 7.8 points below for soybeans.

The spring wheat CCI rating improved 5.2 points over the past week to 221.8 points. That’s the first uptick for the spring wheat crop this growing season, though the CCI rating is still 136.2 points (38.0%) below the five-year average.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.17%*)

3.83

4.03

3.70

Illinois (14.81%)

57.20

56.46

57.31

Indiana (6.37%)

25.32

24.86

23.59

Iowa (18.03%)

63.21

64.09

68.52

Kansas (4.99%)

19.08

19.50

18.13

Kentucky (1.58%)

6.59

6.64

6.29

Michigan (1.95%)

7.86

7.96

6.93

Minnesota (9.62%)

29.92

30.20

39.34

Missouri (3.48%)

12.91

12.98

13.31

Nebraska (12.32%)

48.21

49.74

48.06

North Carolina (0.74%)

2.79

2.81

2.43

North Dakota (3.17%)

6.85

7.14

12.05

Ohio (3.74%)

15.14

14.72

12.91

Pennsylvania (1.02%)

4.09

4.14

3.42

South Dakota (4.88%)

14.64

14.74

19.33

Tennessee (0.93%)

3.96

3.95

3.50

Texas (1.85%)

6.24

6.15

6.29

Wisconsin (3.53%)

14.11

14.00

14.44

Corn total

363.79

366.09

381.70

 

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

                                                            

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.78%*)

13.24

13.10

14.17

Illinois (14.61%)

56.88

55.39

55.95

Indiana (7.56%)

29.50

28.87

28.18

Iowa (13.06%)

45.94

45.94

49.48

Kansas (4.68%)

16.76

16.99

17.67

Kentucky (2.25%)

8.93

8.95

8.82

Louisiana (1.37%)

5.05

5.05

5.49

Michigan (2.24%)

8.92

8.83

8.32

Minnesota (8.53%)

26.15

26.66

34.27

Mississippi (2.24%)

9.16

9.09

8.14

Missouri (6.29%)

22.80

22.87

23.98

Nebraska (7.53%)

29.47

29.84

29.74

North Carolina (1.39%)

4.99

5.02

4.65

North Dakota (5.30%)

12.79

13.08

18.87

Ohio (5.99%)

23.81

23.07

21.31

South Dakota (5.15%)

15.12

15.18

20.24

Tennessee (1.80%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.31%)

8.99

8.97

9.58

Soybean total

352.87

351.20

374.64


* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.15%*)

21.15

20.22

28.10

Minnesota (15.18%)

35.08

34.53

57.68

Montana (15.24%)

31.97

30.15

59.60

North Dakota (51.78%)

114.03

111.53

191.58

South Dakota (5.39%)

11.48

11.71

19.36

Washington (4.49%)

7.32

7.75

17.74

HRS total

221.79

216.63

376.95

 

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.

 

 

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