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 2.8 points to 379.7, though that was still 5.8 points above the five-year average. The soybean crop started the growing season with a 370.9 CCI rating, 12.9 points above last year at this time and 3.2 points above the five-year average.
USDA’s initial spring wheat crop ratings equated to a CCI reading of 353.4, which was well above last year’s drought impacted crop but 2.8 points below the five-year average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.01%*) | 3.47 | 3.36 | 4.14 |
Illinois (14.37%) | 56.05 | 56.77 | 55.43 |
Indiana (6.59%) | 25.11 | 25.31 | 24.60 |
Iowa (17.32%) | 69.78 | 69.78 | 64.09 |
Kansas (5.41%) | 19.31 | 19.64 | 20.03 |
Kentucky (1.80%) | 7.19 | 7.06 | 6.71 |
Michigan (2.07%) | 8.20 | 7.91 | 6.93 |
Minnesota (9.53%) | 34.51 | 34.51 | 34.44 |
Missouri (3.67%) | 13.95 | 13.62 | 12.45 |
Nebraska (12.65%) | 45.92 | 48.32 | 51.14 |
North Carolina (0.80%) | 2.98 | 3.02 | 2.80 |
North Dakota (2.42%) | 9.16 | 8.92 | 8.37 |
Ohio (3.81%) | 14.12 | 14.46 | 14.61 |
Pennsylvania (1.09%) | 4.48 | 4.41 | 3.89 |
South Dakota (4.71%) | 17.99 | 17.43 | 16.16 |
Tennessee (1.08%) | 4.17 | 4.19 | 3.88 |
Texas (1.76%) | 5.07 | 5.32 | 6.82 |
Wisconsin (3.49%) | 13.91 | 14.01 | 13.43 |
Corn total | 379.72 | 382.56 | 372.25 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.49%*) | 14.09 | NA | 13.03 |
Illinois (14.91%) | 57.57 | NA | 54.64 |
Indiana (7.76%) | 29.10 | NA | 29.42 |
Iowa (13.35%) | 52.74 | NA | 46.07 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 16.93 | NA | 16.95 |
Kentucky (2.31%) | 9.17 | NA | 8.91 |
Louisiana (1.23%) | 4.82 | NA | 5.04 |
Michigan (2.33%) | 8.93 | NA | 8.13 |
Minnesota (8.38%) | 30.52 | NA | 31.09 |
Mississippi (2.33%) | 8.84 | NA | 8.74 |
Missouri (6.59%) | 23.97 | NA | 23.06 |
Nebraska (7.65%) | 28.14 | NA | 29.99 |
North Carolina (1.46%) | 5.37 | NA | 5.02 |
North Dakota (4.46%) | 16.14 | NA | 14.12 |
Ohio (6.19%) | 22.16 | NA | 23.57 |
South Dakota (4.82%) | 17.69 | NA | 17.07 |
Tennessee (1.81%) | 1.00 | NA | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.43%) | 9.61 | NA | 8.62 |
Soybean total | 370.91 | NA | 358.01 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.76%*) | 30.32 | NA | 22.93 |
Minnesota (14.03%) | 50.64 | NA | 51.10 |
Montana (17.83%) | 49.21 | NA | 60.66 |
North Dakota (50.14%) | 186.02 | NA | 141.54 |
South Dakota (5.27%) | 18.07 | NA | 16.24 |
Washington (4.98%) | 19.11 | NA | 11.19 |
HRS total | 353.38 | NA | 304.73 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.