Corn, soybean CCI ratings improve, spring wheat crop declines

The corn crop is now rated 6.7 points above year-ago, while soybeans are still 1.7 points below last year at this time. Spring wheat is 31.9 points below last year.

Corn
Corn
(Darrell Smith)

USDA rated the corn crop as 74% “good” to “excellent” and 5% “poor” to “very poor,” the soybean crop 66% “good” to “excellent” and 7% “poor” to “very poor” and the spring wheat crop 50% “good” to “excellent” and 15% “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 inched up 0.6 point to 382.0 and the soybean crop improved 1.9 points to 363.7, while the spring wheat crop declined 3.8 points to 351.6. The corn crop is now rated 6.7 points above year-ago, while soybeans are still 1.7 points below last year at this time. Spring wheat is 31.9 points below last year.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn
This WeekLast weekYear-ago
Colorado (0.86%*)3.503.143.01
Illinois (15.63%)57.3758.7856.33
Indiana (6.96%)24.9924.9225.83
Iowa (17.37%)70.8870.3666.06
Kansas (4.27%)16.3015.6615.93
Kentucky (1.63%)6.096.106.27
Michigan (2.32%)8.198.318.93
Minnesota (9.85%)38.0138.1135.41
Missouri (3.80%)14.4014.3614.14
Nebraska (11.37%)44.3544.5846.14
North Carolina (0.69%)2.742.741.67
North Dakota (3.26%)11.7111.3810.61
Ohio (4.18%)14.8915.0616.60
Pennsylvania (0.66%)2.612.723.02
South Dakota (5.47%)21.1720.6819.48
Tennessee (0.81%)3.052.973.36
Texas (1.41%)5.285.285.15
Wisconsin (3.66%)14.3214.1713.56
Corn total381.99381.41375.31

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans
This WeekLast weekYear-ago
Arkansas (3.82%*)14.2814.5514.25
Illinois (15.74%)54.2954.6156.70
Indiana (7.90%)28.1927.9528.60
Iowa (13.73%)54.1053.2853.61
Kansas (3.03%)11.4611.2212.90
Kentucky (2.32%)8.758.708.52
Louisiana (1.18%)4.604.704.62
Michigan (2.38%)8.177.968.64
Minnesota (8.19%)31.1331.1329.76
Mississippi (2.38%)9.279.398.88
Missouri (6.45%)24.2024.0723.98
Nebraska (6.60%)25.2224.7627.18
North Carolina (1.48%)5.745.654.12
North Dakota (5.18%)18.0217.9716.34
Ohio (6.31%)22.2222.5924.52
South Dakota (5.06%)19.1118.5518.11
Tennessee (1.82%)1.001.001.00
Wisconsin (2.52%)9.799.669.40
Soybean total363.70361.84365.41

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat
This WeekLast weekYear-ago
Idaho* (6.57%)23.1123.0427.38
Minnesota (15.24%)57.7658.9857.28
Montana (13.14%)34.1734.1758.50
North Dakota (54.94%)201.07203.27199.17
South Dakota (6.10%)22.2022.0223.25
Washington (4.01%)13.2513.8917.91
HRS total351.56355.37383.48

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.