USDA rated the corn crop as 74% “good” to “excellent” and 6% “poor” to “very poor,” the soybean crop 68% “good” to “excellent” and 7% “poor” to “very poor” and the spring wheat crop 54% “good” to “excellent” and 16% “poor” to “very poor.”
On the weighted Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index (CCI; 0 to 500-point scale, with 500 representing perfect), the corn crop improved 1.7 points to 385.1, remaining over10 points above this time last year for consecutive weeks now. The soybean crop improved .7 of a point, 1 point above this time last year. The spring wheat rating decreased 7.2 points, comparable to the rating received back on July 7th this year.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 3.21 | 3.44 | 3.06 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 58.62 | 57.84 | 58.32 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 24.85 | 24.85 | 26.04 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 71.06 | 70.88 | 66.24 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 15.83 | 16.22 | 14.90 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 6.01 | 6.10 | 6.20 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 8.03 | 7.98 | 8.88 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 38.70 | 38.21 | 35.21 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.89 | 14.93 | 14.14 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 44.92 | 44.69 | 44.54 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 2.75 | 2.76 | 1.82 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 11.94 | 11.90 | 10.64 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 15.06 | 14.85 | 15.99 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.63 | 2.70 | 2.84 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 21.45 | 21.12 | 19.27 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 3.10 | 3.06 | 3.11 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 5.35 | 5.32 | 4.99 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 14.43 | 14.35 | 13.56 |
| Corn total | 385.13 | 383.43 | 373.46 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 14.17 | 14.24 | 14.02 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 56.97 | 56.65 | 59.03 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 28.03 | 28.19 | 28.99 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 54.51 | 54.24 | 53.20 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 11.13 | 11.34 | 12.37 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.77 | 8.77 | 8.31 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 4.64 | 4.65 | 4.52 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 8.08 | 8.01 | 8.83 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 31.70 | 31.53 | 29.42 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.20 | 9.20 | 8.80 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 24.72 | 24.84 | 24.36 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 25.55 | 25.15 | 26.84 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 5.84 | 5.92 | 4.84 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 17.97 | 18.33 | 16.43 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 22.47 | 22.15 | 23.74 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 19.11 | 18.96 | 18.35 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 9.69 | 9.66 | 9.48 |
| Soybean total | 367.87 | 367.16 | 366.90 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Idaho* (6.57%) | 22.65 | 23.04 | 26.85 |
| Minnesota (15.24%) | 59.29 | 59.90 | 57.43 |
| Montana (13.14%) | 33.91 | 35.23 | 60.09 |
| North Dakota (54.94%) | 200.52 | 204.37 | 201.20 |
| South Dakota (6.10%) | 22.99 | 22.51 | 22.27 |
| Washington (4.01%) | 11.20 | 12.69 | 16.08 |
| HRS total | 350.56 | 357.72 | 383.93 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.