USDA rated the corn crop as 72% “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 inched up 0.6 point to 378.9. That’s still 2.2 points below last year.
USDA rated the soybean crop as 66% “good” to “excellent,” and 7% “poor” to “very poor.” On our CCI, the soybean crop slipped 1.5 points to 363.9, which is 6.1 points below last year at this time.
USDA rated the spring wheat crop as 57% “good” to “excellent” and 9% “poor” to “very poor.” On our CCI, the spring wheat crop improved 4.3 points to 360.3, though that’s still 22.0 points below last year. The North Dakota crop improved another 6.6 points and is now 4.6 points above year-ago.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 3.34 | 3.39 | 3.12 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 58.62 | 58.31 | 56.79 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 25.47 | 25.75 | 26.53 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 70.01 | 70.71 | 65.89 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 15.88 | 15.66 | 15.54 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 6.15 | 6.19 | 6.15 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 7.98 | 7.98 | 9.00 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 37.72 | 37.52 | 38.08 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.36 | 14.25 | 13.70 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 43.55 | 42.64 | 46.26 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 2.70 | 2.59 | 2.67 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 11.84 | 11.71 | 10.76 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 14.97 | 14.97 | 16.56 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.67 | 2.73 | 3.19 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 19.70 | 19.64 | 19.78 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 3.01 | 2.99 | 3.56 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 5.11 | 5.34 | 5.21 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 13.84 | 13.95 | 14.08 |
| Corn total | 378.88 | 378.24 | 381.04 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 13.59 | 13.82 | 14.17 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 56.81 | 56.97 | 56.23 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 28.74 | 28.98 | 29.53 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 54.10 | 54.24 | 53.34 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 10.91 | 11.13 | 12.53 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.86 | 8.91 | 8.45 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 4.32 | 4.50 | 4.57 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 8.17 | 8.41 | 8.85 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 30.96 | 30.96 | 31.84 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.39 | 9.39 | 9.16 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 24.01 | 24.20 | 23.09 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 24.76 | 24.49 | 27.67 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 5.67 | 5.50 | 5.20 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 18.59 | 18.75 | 17.17 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 22.15 | 22.15 | 24.39 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 18.10 | 17.95 | 18.50 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 9.61 | 9.81 | 9.82 |
| Soybean total | 363.94 | 365.40 | 370.00 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Idaho* (6.57%) | 23.31 | 24.16 | 28.35 |
| Minnesota (15.24%) | 59.74 | 60.05 | 57.14 |
| Montana (13.14%) | 37.85 | 39.43 | 58.50 |
| North Dakota (54.94%) | 202.72 | 196.12 | 198.15 |
| South Dakota (6.10%) | 22.51 | 22.02 | 22.51 |
| Washington (4.01%) | 14.17 | 14.21 | 17.66 |
| HRS total | 360.30 | 355.99 | 382.30 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.