Corn, soybean and spring wheat CCI ratings improve

Ratings for all three crops remain below year-ago.

Corn
Corn
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USDA rated the corn crop as 71% “good” to “excellent” and 5% “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 3.3 points to 378.2.

USDA rated the soybean crop as 68% “good” to “excellent,” and 5% “poor” to “very poor.” On our CCI, the soybean crop improved 1.5 points to 365.4

USDA rated the spring wheat crop as 53% “good” to “excellent” and 9% “poor” to “very poor.” On our CCI, the spring wheat crop improved 10.7 points to 356.0, fueled by a 9.9-point increase in top producer North Dakota.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn
This WeekLast weekYear-ago
Colorado (0.86%*)3.393.223.23
Illinois (15.63%)58.3157.2159.39
Indiana (6.96%)25.7525.9626.60
Iowa (17.37%)70.7170.3665.72
Kansas (4.27%)15.6615.8315.63
Kentucky (1.63%)6.196.156.08
Michigan (2.32%)7.988.088.88
Minnesota (9.85%)37.5237.0338.28
Missouri (3.80%)14.2514.1713.44
Nebraska (11.37%)42.6442.8746.83
North Carolina (0.69%)2.592.693.09
North Dakota (3.26%)11.7111.3210.67
Ohio (4.18%)14.9714.5116.95
Pennsylvania (0.66%)2.732.633.14
South Dakota (5.47%)19.6419.2620.09
Tennessee (0.81%)2.992.983.47
Texas (1.41%)5.345.205.14
Wisconsin (3.66%)13.9513.6914.16
Corn total378.24374.90385.22

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans
This WeekLast weekYear-ago
Arkansas (3.82%*)13.8213.7514.06
Illinois (15.74%)56.9756.8158.88
Indiana (7.90%)28.9829.2129.53
Iowa (13.73%)54.2454.2453.20
Kansas (3.03%)11.1311.4312.47
Kentucky (2.32%)8.918.938.38
Louisiana (1.18%)4.504.494.52
Michigan (2.38%)8.418.419.00
Minnesota (8.19%)30.9631.0431.84
Mississippi (2.38%)9.399.089.26
Missouri (6.45%)24.2023.6822.65
Nebraska (6.60%)24.4924.7627.46
North Carolina (1.48%)5.505.535.61
North Dakota (5.18%)18.7518.3316.99
Ohio (6.31%)22.1521.6524.84
South Dakota (5.06%)17.9517.4918.99
Tennessee (1.82%)1.001.001.00
Wisconsin (2.52%)9.819.8710.02
Soybean total365.40363.89373.32

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat
This WeekLast weekYear-ago
Idaho* (6.57%)24.1624.0328.27
Minnesota (15.24%)60.0559.1354.55
Montana (13.14%)39.4340.0956.90
North Dakota (54.94%)196.12186.24195.09
South Dakota (6.10%)22.0221.4122.39
Washington (4.01%)14.2114.4118.22
HRS total355.99345.31375.41

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.