Corn crop starts the growing season slightly above average
When USDA's initial 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 starts the growing season with a reading of 387.9 points. That’s 5.5 points above last year’s CCI rating on this date and 4.7 points above the five-year average.
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Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn |
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This Week |
Last week |
Year-ago |
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Colorado (1.17%*) |
4.08 |
NA |
4.13 |
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Illinois (14.81%) |
57.50 |
NA |
52.28 |
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Indiana (6.37%) |
24.79 |
NA |
23.46 |
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Iowa (18.03%) |
69.86 |
NA |
71.76 |
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Kansas (4.99%) |
19.61 |
NA |
18.38 |
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Kentucky (1.58%) |
6.66 |
NA |
6.23 |
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Michigan (1.95%) |
7.31 |
NA |
6.95 |
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Minnesota (9.62%) |
37.32 |
NA |
38.66 |
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Missouri (3.48%) |
12.56 |
NA |
12.69 |
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Nebraska (12.32%) |
52.16 |
NA |
49.41 |
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North Carolina (0.74%) |
2.57 |
NA |
2.66 |
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North Dakota (3.17%) |
8.89 |
NA |
11.77 |
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Ohio (3.74%) |
14.64 |
NA |
13.59 |
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Pennsylvania (1.02%) |
4.01 |
NA |
4.16 |
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South Dakota (4.88%) |
18.07 |
NA |
19.13 |
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Tennessee (0.93%) |
3.81 |
NA |
3.51 |
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Texas (1.85%) |
6.66 |
NA |
7.14 |
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Wisconsin (3.53%) |
14.14 |
NA |
14.33 |
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Corn total |
387.94 |
NA |
382.45 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
