USDA’s weekly Crop Progress and Condition report showed condition ratings once again unchanged in corn at the national level, while soybeans declined just slightly. State-level breakdowns of the Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index, which compresses the USDA’s weekly crop progress report into a single, weighted, easy-to-track number that’s widely used to monitor the health and potential of U.S. corn and soybean crops during the growing season and more details around USDA ratings, are below.
Corn
USDA’s rating of the corn crop shows 17% as very poor to poor, 26% fair, and 57% good to excellent. The national level ratings were unchanged from week-ago levels for the second consecutive week. Still, the Crop Condition Index saw a 1.69 point decline, led by a drop in Nebraska (down 1.29 points) as well as deteriorations in the Corn Belt states of Illinois (down 0.44 points) and Iowa (down 0.17 points).
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| State | This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 2.45 | 2.50 | 3.16 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 51.74 | 52.18 | 50.71 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 23.70 | 23.70 | 22.97 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 64.41 | 64.58 | 64.58 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 14.73 | 14.68 | 17.61 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 6.16 | 6.16 | 5.19 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 7.92 | 8.47 | 7.30 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 34.64 | 34.25 | 37.34 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.43 | 14.24 | 14.75 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 40.14 | 41.43 | 47.08 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 1.72 | 1.72 | 2.70 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 10.54 | 10.08 | 13.47 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 14.45 | 14.48 | 12.75 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.63 | 2.69 | 2.19 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 17.40 | 17.52 | 23.74 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 3.44 | 3.42 | 2.86 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 4.77 | 4.77 | 5.97 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 12.50 | 12.47 | 14.13 |
| Corn total | 348.74 | 350.43 | 370.79 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Soybeans
USDA’s soybean ratings show the crop rated as 14% very poor to poor, 28% fair, and 58% good to excellent. The very poor to poor categories increased by 1% this week, with the fair category falling 1%. The changes saw the CCI drop 2.86 points to 357.55.Condition changes were sporadic geographically, though most states in the Midwest noted minor declines. Ohio served as the main exception to that, increasing 0.49 points from last week.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| State | This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 13.54 | 13.65 | 13.39 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 54.54 | 54.85 | 50.83 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 27.79 | 28.10 | 27.16 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 52.89 | 53.86 | 53.17 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 10.88 | 11.30 | 13.15 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.14 | 7.90 | 5.92 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 3.89 | 3.78 | 4.05 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 8.64 | 8.24 | 7.70 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 28.98 | 29.06 | 31.77 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.25 | 9.29 | 8.82 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 22.65 | 23.29 | 22.71 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 25.51 | 25.23 | 27.16 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 4.95 | 5.27 | 4.77 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 15.23 | 15.82 | 18.72 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 22.63 | 22.14 | 19.69 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 16.62 | 17.16 | 20.95 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 6.83 | 6.68 | 5.32 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 8.65 | 8.73 | 9.93 |
| Soybean total | 354.69 | 357.55 | 358.45 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.