Spring wheat CCI rating continues to drop, corn and beans fall, too

Drought continues to hammer the U.S. spring wheat crop, while corn and soybean ratings slipped.

Drought-stressed wheat
Drought-stressed wheat
(AgWeb)

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 crop declined 2.5 points to 366.1 points and the soybean crop slipped 1.1 points to 351.2 points. The CCI ratings are 7.3 points below the five-year average for corn and 9.6 points below average for soybeans.

The spring wheat CCI dropped another 6.4 points over the past week to 216.6 points. The spring wheat rating is now 140.7 points (39.4%) below the five-year average.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.17%*)

4.03

4.13

3.63

Illinois (14.81%)

56.46

54.98

56.57

Indiana (6.37%)

24.86

24.86

23.40

Iowa (18.03%)

64.09

64.96

69.60

Kansas (4.99%)

19.50

19.77

17.78

Kentucky (1.58%)

6.64

6.68

6.29

Michigan (1.95%)

7.96

7.74

6.98

Minnesota (9.62%)

30.20

31.26

39.14

Missouri (3.48%)

12.98

12.73

13.21

Nebraska (12.32%)

49.74

50.63

47.69

North Carolina (0.74%)

2.81

2.77

2.53

North Dakota (3.17%)

7.14

7.61

12.12

Ohio (3.74%)

14.72

14.83

12.69

Pennsylvania (1.02%)

4.14

4.19

3.54

South Dakota (4.88%)

14.74

14.99

19.52

Tennessee (0.93%)

3.95

4.00

3.55

Texas (1.85%)

6.15

6.07

6.18

Wisconsin (3.53%)

14.00

14.22

14.51

Corn total

366.09

368.54

381.05

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.78%*)

13.10

13.14

14.43

Illinois (14.61%)

55.39

53.60

54.24

Indiana (7.56%)

28.87

29.03

27.81

Iowa (13.06%)

45.94

46.83

50.26

Kansas (4.68%)

16.99

17.28

17.39

Kentucky (2.25%)

8.95

9.04

8.78

Louisiana (1.37%)

5.05

5.09

5.47

Michigan (2.24%)

8.83

8.67

8.20

Minnesota (8.53%)

26.66

27.77

34.27

Mississippi (2.24%)

9.09

9.20

8.09

Missouri (6.29%)

22.87

22.54

23.41

Nebraska (7.53%)

29.84

29.84

29.59

North Carolina (1.39%)

5.02

4.86

4.61

North Dakota (5.30%)

13.08

13.28

19.24

Ohio (5.99%)

23.07

23.19

20.78

South Dakota (5.15%)

15.18

15.53

20.29

Tennessee (1.80%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.31%)

8.97

9.04

9.65

Soybean total

351.20

352.28

374.29

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.15%*)

20.22

19.86

28.81

Minnesota (15.18%)

34.53

35.77

57.37

Montana (15.24%)

30.15

37.96

59.15

North Dakota (51.78%)

111.53

109.03

187.95

South Dakota (5.39%)

11.71

11.65

19.09

Washington (4.49%)

7.75

7.99

17.92

HRS total

216.63

223.03

373.16

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.