USDA rated the corn crop as 69% “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 improved 1.2 points to 374.9, though that was still 10.7 points below last year at this time.
USDA initially rated the soybean crop as 67% “good” to “excellent,” and 5% “poor” to “very poor.” On our CCI, the soybean crop started the growing season with a 363.9 rating, 9.4 points below the initial rating last year.
USDA rated the spring wheat crop as 50% “good” to “excellent” and 13% “poor” to “very poor.” On our CCI, the spring wheat crop improved 16.5 points to 345.3 behind a 17.6-point increase in top producer North Dakota. The CCI rating was still 33.3 points below year-ago.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 3.22 | 3.00 | 3.19 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 57.21 | 58.31 | 60.15 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 25.96 | 26.10 | 26.53 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 70.36 | 69.84 | 65.38 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 15.83 | 16.00 | 15.59 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 6.15 | 6.38 | 6.36 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 8.08 | 8.14 | 8.82 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 37.03 | 36.14 | 38.77 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.17 | 14.40 | 13.30 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 42.87 | 42.98 | 45.68 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 2.69 | 2.71 | 3.26 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 11.32 | 10.79 | 11.16 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 14.51 | 14.22 | 17.08 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.63 | 2.59 | 3.24 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 19.26 | 19.26 | 19.89 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 2.98 | 3.06 | 3.47 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 5.20 | 4.93 | 5.27 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 13.69 | 13.22 | 13.97 |
| Corn total | 374.90 | 373.74 | 385.56 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 13.75 | NA | 14.06 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 56.81 | NA | 58.88 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 29.21 | NA | 29.53 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 54.24 | NA | 53.20 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 11.43 | NA | 12.47 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.93 | NA | 8.38 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 4.49 | NA | 4.52 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 8.41 | NA | 9.00 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 31.04 | NA | 31.84 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.08 | NA | 9.26 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 23.68 | NA | 22.65 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 24.76 | NA | 27.46 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 5.53 | NA | 5.61 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 18.33 | NA | 16.99 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 21.65 | NA | 24.84 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 17.49 | NA | 18.99 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 1.00 | NA | 1.00 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 9.87 | NA | 10.02 |
| Soybean total | 363.89 | NA | 373.32 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat | |||
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Idaho* (6.57%) | 24.03 | 23.90 | 28.05 |
| Minnesota (15.24%) | 59.13 | 58.68 | 55.27 |
| Montana (13.14%) | 40.09 | 41.80 | 55.94 |
| North Dakota (54.94%) | 186.24 | 168.66 | 197.13 |
| South Dakota (6.10%) | 21.41 | 21.53 | 23.98 |
| Washington (4.01%) | 14.41 | 14.29 | 18.22 |
| HRS total | 345.31 | 328.85 | 378.58 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.