USDA rated the corn crop as 73% “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 53% “good” to “excellent” and 14% “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 3.5 points to 381.4, which is 9.1 points above last year. The soybean crop slipped 0.9 point to 361.8 and is 1.1 points below year-ago. The spring wheat crop improved 1.1 points to 355.4, though that’s still 26.9 points below last year despite a much better rating in top producer North Dakota.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 3.14 | 3.08 | 3.09 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 58.78 | 59.40 | 55.56 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 24.92 | 24.99 | 25.69 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 70.36 | 69.49 | 65.04 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 15.66 | 15.79 | 15.29 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 6.10 | 6.04 | 6.20 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 8.31 | 8.14 | 8.86 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 38.11 | 38.11 | 36.00 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.36 | 14.32 | 13.95 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 44.58 | 42.76 | 46.14 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 2.74 | 2.82 | 1.79 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 11.38 | 11.41 | 10.52 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 15.06 | 15.27 | 16.04 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.72 | 2.59 | 3.09 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 20.68 | 19.81 | 19.38 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 2.97 | 3.01 | 3.46 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 5.28 | 4.89 | 5.09 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 14.17 | 14.10 | 13.45 |
| Corn total | 381.41 | 377.90 | 372.27 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 14.55 | 14.13 | 14.25 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 54.61 | 56.81 | 56.08 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 27.95 | 28.34 | 28.52 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 53.28 | 53.28 | 52.36 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 11.22 | 11.09 | 12.40 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.70 | 8.52 | 8.43 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 4.70 | 4.52 | 4.63 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 7.96 | 8.01 | 8.59 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 31.13 | 31.37 | 30.34 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.39 | 9.79 | 9.07 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 24.07 | 23.81 | 23.98 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 24.76 | 24.16 | 27.53 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 5.65 | 5.62 | 4.21 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 17.97 | 17.97 | 16.48 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 22.59 | 22.47 | 23.42 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 18.55 | 18.05 | 18.26 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 9.66 | 9.61 | 9.25 |
| Soybean total | 361.84 | 362.70 | 362.98 |
* 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 | 23.17 | 27.97 |
| Minnesota (15.24%) | 58.98 | 59.59 | 58.00 |
| Montana (13.14%) | 34.17 | 33.91 | 57.06 |
| North Dakota (54.94%) | 203.27 | 202.17 | 197.64 |
| South Dakota (6.10%) | 22.02 | 21.53 | 23.55 |
| Washington (4.01%) | 13.89 | 13.93 | 18.01 |
| HRS total | 355.37 | 354.30 | 382.24 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.