USDA rated the corn crop as 74% “good” to “excellent” and 5% “poor” to “very poor,” the soybean crop 70% “good” to “excellent” and 5% “poor” to “very poor” and the spring wheat crop 54% “good” to “excellent” and 13% “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 1.4 points to 383.4, now 10 points above last year at this time. The soybean crop improved 3.5 points to 367.2 and is now 3.0 points above year-ago. The spring wheat rating increased 6.2 points to 357.7, though that’s still 26.3 points below year-ago.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 3.44 | 3.50 | 2.96 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 57.84 | 57.37 | 58.16 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 24.85 | 24.99 | 25.76 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 70.88 | 70.88 | 65.38 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 16.22 | 16.30 | 15.46 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 6.10 | 6.09 | 6.22 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 7.98 | 8.19 | 9.14 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 38.21 | 38.01 | 35.11 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.93 | 14.40 | 14.21 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 44.69 | 44.35 | 45.34 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 2.76 | 2.74 | 1.59 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 11.90 | 11.71 | 10.96 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 14.85 | 14.89 | 16.17 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.70 | 2.61 | 2.95 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 21.12 | 21.17 | 19.07 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 3.06 | 3.05 | 3.26 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 5.32 | 5.28 | 4.67 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 14.35 | 14.32 | 13.34 |
| Corn total | 383.43 | 381.99 | 373.43 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 14.24 | 14.28 | 14.25 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 56.65 | 54.29 | 58.26 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 28.19 | 28.19 | 28.75 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 54.24 | 54.10 | 52.50 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 11.34 | 11.46 | 12.90 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.77 | 8.75 | 8.41 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 4.65 | 4.60 | 4.56 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 8.01 | 8.17 | 8.80 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 31.53 | 31.13 | 29.42 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.20 | 9.27 | 8.76 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 24.84 | 24.20 | 24.17 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 25.15 | 25.22 | 27.18 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 5.92 | 5.74 | 4.30 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 18.33 | 18.02 | 16.71 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 22.15 | 22.22 | 23.68 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 18.96 | 19.11 | 17.77 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 9.66 | 9.79 | 9.22 |
| Soybean total | 367.16 | 363.70 | 364.91 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Idaho* (6.57%) | 23.04 | 23.11 | 28.27 |
| Minnesota (15.24%) | 59.90 | 57.76 | 56.99 |
| Montana (13.14%) | 35.23 | 34.17 | 59.45 |
| North Dakota (54.94%) | 204.37 | 201.07 | 199.68 |
| South Dakota (6.10%) | 22.51 | 22.20 | 22.51 |
| Washington (4.01%) | 12.69 | 13.25 | 17.15 |
| HRS total | 357.72 | 351.56 | 384.06 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.