Corn and bean CCI ratings decline, spring wheat crop inches higher

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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 another 3.1 points to 348.8, the fifth straight weekly decline and now 17.7 points (4.9%) below the five-year average. The soybean crop declined by 2.1 points to 349.1, the second straight weekly decline and now 5.1 points (1.4%) below the five-year average.

The spring wheat crop inched 0.5 point higher to 368.4, which was well above last year’s drought ravaged crop but 8.9 points (2.4%) below the 2018-2020 average.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.01%*)

3.17

3.01

3.67

Illinois (14.37%)

55.62

56.05

58.39

Indiana (6.59%)

22.61

22.41

24.73

Iowa (17.32%)

64.42

66.15

61.81

Kansas (5.41%)

14.55

15.25

18.56

Kentucky (1.80%)

5.39

5.40

6.48

Michigan (2.07%)

7.75

7.46

7.70

Minnesota (9.53%)

35.17

34.41

29.34

Missouri (3.67%)

11.53

11.79

13.12

Nebraska (12.65%)

40.48

41.24

47.58

North Carolina (0.80%)

2.37

2.24

2.84

North Dakota (2.42%)

9.02

9.16

6.80

Ohio (3.81%)

13.36

13.36

15.21

Pennsylvania (1.09%)

3.96

4.05

4.08

South Dakota (4.71%)

15.59

16.30

13.37

Tennessee (1.08%)

3.16

3.04

3.98

Texas (1.76%)

4.49

4.38

6.15

Wisconsin (3.49%)

13.84

13.70

14.47

Corn total

348.82

351.95

359.86

 

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

                                                            

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.49%*)

12.94

12.62

13.21

Illinois (14.91%)

56.82

57.42

58.07

Indiana (7.76%)

26.70

26.31

28.87

Iowa (13.35%)

48.87

50.61

45.17

Kansas (4.68%)

13.89

14.73

16.99

Kentucky (2.31%)

7.53

7.56

8.54

Louisiana (1.23%)

4.46

4.61

5.08

Michigan (2.33%)

8.49

8.00

8.99

Minnesota (8.38%)

31.10

30.52

25.13

Mississippi (2.33%)

8.35

8.33

8.99

Missouri (6.59%)

21.47

21.53

23.57

Nebraska (7.65%)

25.24

25.93

28.35

North Carolina (1.46%)

5.06

4.78

5.10

North Dakota (4.46%)

16.14

15.91

12.24

Ohio (6.19%)

21.67

21.42

23.81

South Dakota (4.82%)

16.53

17.11

14.00

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.43%)

9.53

9.41

9.21

Soybean total

349.08

351.17

349.57


* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.76%*)

28.93

28.00

20.22

Minnesota (14.03%)

53.86

53.44

36.19

Montana (17.83%)

57.77

55.63

34.51

North Dakota (50.14%)

190.54

193.54

112.53

South Dakota (5.27%)

16.86

16.86

11.48

Washington (4.98%)

20.41

20.36

7.70

HRS total

368.36

367.83

223.40

 

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.

 

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