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 and soybean crops were virtually unchanged over the past week. The corn CCI rating held at 363.8 points, while the soybean rating ticked down 0.1 point to 352.8 points. The corn crop is 7.5 points below the five-year average, with the soybean crop 7.6 points below average.
The spring wheat CCI rating improved 2.9 points to 224.7 points, though that’s still 132.2 points (37.0%) below the five-year average.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Colorado (1.17%*) | 3.77 | 3.83 | 3.46 |
Illinois (14.81%) | 58.54 | 57.20 | 58.35 |
Indiana (6.37%) | 25.12 | 25.32 | 23.52 |
Iowa (18.03%) | 62.86 | 63.21 | 67.08 |
Kansas (4.99%) | 19.14 | 19.08 | 18.03 |
Kentucky (1.58%) | 6.56 | 6.59 | 6.42 |
Michigan (1.95%) | 7.82 | 7.86 | 7.02 |
Minnesota (9.62%) | 29.72 | 29.92 | 39.53 |
Missouri (3.48%) | 13.33 | 12.91 | 13.38 |
Nebraska (12.32%) | 47.83 | 48.21 | 48.06 |
North Carolina (0.74%) | 2.77 | 2.79 | 2.51 |
North Dakota (3.17%) | 6.69 | 6.85 | 12.02 |
Ohio (3.74%) | 14.99 | 15.14 | 12.76 |
Pennsylvania (1.02%) | 4.09 | 4.09 | 3.38 |
South Dakota (4.88%) | 14.30 | 14.64 | 19.18 |
Tennessee (0.93%) | 3.94 | 3.96 | 3.48 |
Texas (1.85%) | 6.19 | 6.24 | 6.32 |
Wisconsin (3.53%) | 14.29 | 14.11 | 14.47 |
Corn total | 363.78 | 363.79 | 381.12 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Arkansas (3.78%*) | 13.17 | 13.24 | 14.21 |
Illinois (14.61%) | 58.52 | 56.88 | 56.97 |
Indiana (7.56%) | 29.27 | 29.50 | 28.03 |
Iowa (13.06%) | 45.68 | 45.94 | 48.83 |
Kansas (4.68%) | 17.09 | 16.76 | 17.86 |
Kentucky (2.25%) | 8.70 | 8.93 | 8.87 |
Louisiana (1.37%) | 5.05 | 5.05 | 5.49 |
Michigan (2.24%) | 8.81 | 8.92 | 8.49 |
Minnesota (8.53%) | 26.15 | 26.15 | 34.53 |
Mississippi (2.24%) | 9.02 | 9.16 | 8.14 |
Missouri (6.29%) | 23.06 | 22.80 | 24.10 |
Nebraska (7.53%) | 28.80 | 29.47 | 29.81 |
North Carolina (1.39%) | 5.12 | 4.99 | 4.87 |
North Dakota (5.30%) | 12.34 | 12.79 | 19.71 |
Ohio (5.99%) | 23.63 | 23.81 | 21.19 |
South Dakota (5.15%) | 14.97 | 15.12 | 20.34 |
Tennessee (1.80%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Wisconsin (2.31%) | 9.09 | 8.99 | 9.60 |
Soybean total | 352.81 | 352.87 | 376.93 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
Idaho (7.15%*) | 21.08 | 21.15 | 28.38 |
Minnesota (15.18%) | 36.19 | 35.08 | 57.37 |
Montana (15.24%) | 35.96 | 31.97 | 60.21 |
North Dakota (51.78%) | 111.53 | 114.03 | 186.92 |
South Dakota (5.39%) | 11.48 | 11.48 | 19.95 |
Washington (4.49%) | 7.70 | 7.32 | 18.10 |
HRS total | 224.71 | 221.79 | 373.81 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.