USDA’s weekly Crop Progress and Condition report showed conditions improved slightly from the prior week. High temperatures in the western Corn Belt did not result in lower national ratings. Average analyst expectations of good to excellent categories across corn, soybeans, and spring wheat were all lower than the figures released by USDA this afternoon. 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. crops during the growing season and more details around USDA ratings, are below.
Corn
USDA’s rating of the corn crop shows 8% as very poor to poor, 24% fair, and 68% good to excellent. The good to excellent categories saw a 1% increase from last week. The Crop Condition Index registered the most influential improvement in Ohio, which saw a 0.66 point increase, though multiple other states also saw increases of less than a point to raise the national total 2.01 points to 373.63.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn | |||
| State | This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
| Colorado (0.86%*) | 2.90 | 2.87 | 3.61 |
| Illinois (15.63%) | 52.18 | 52.03 | 54.38 |
| Indiana (6.96%) | 23.84 | 23.90 | 23.77 |
| Iowa (17.37%) | 65.41 | 65.58 | 68.43 |
| Kansas (4.27%) | 17.90 | 17.71 | 18.53 |
| Kentucky (1.63%) | 5.97 | 5.70 | 5.90 |
| Michigan (2.32%) | 8.80 | 8.78 | 7.61 |
| Minnesota (9.85%) | 38.98 | 38.69 | 37.44 |
| Missouri (3.80%) | 14.47 | 14.20 | 15.33 |
| Nebraska (11.37%) | 43.91 | 43.32 | 46.26 |
| North Carolina (0.69%) | 1.75 | 1.97 | 2.85 |
| North Dakota (3.26%) | 14.00 | 13.77 | 13.89 |
| Ohio (4.18%) | 14.18 | 13.52 | 13.71 |
| Pennsylvania (0.66%) | 2.54 | 2.53 | 2.62 |
| South Dakota (5.47%) | 21.71 | 22.24 | 23.08 |
| Tennessee (0.81%) | 3.31 | 3.28 | 3.15 |
| Texas (1.41%) | 5.15 | 5.12 | 6.03 |
| Wisconsin (3.66%) | 14.17 | 14.06 | 13.89 |
| Corn total | 373.63 | 371.62 | 383.55 |
* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.
Soybeans
USDA’s soybean ratings show the crop rated as 8% very poor to poor, 27% fair, and 65% good to excellent. The good to excellent categories rose 1% from last week. The CCI rating rose 0.95 points from last week as well, with increases generally seen along the Delta and Southern U.S. states while steady to slightly lower ratings occurred in most of the Midwest.
| Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans | |||
| State | This Week | Last week | Year-ago |
| Arkansas (3.82%*) | 14.27 | 13.90 | 13.61 |
| Illinois (15.74%) | 54.08 | 54.85 | 55.62 |
| Indiana (7.90%) | 28.02 | 28.18 | 27.87 |
| Iowa (13.73%) | 52.75 | 53.03 | 54.55 |
| Kansas (3.03%) | 13.22 | 13.08 | 13.29 |
| Kentucky (2.32%) | 8.10 | 7.75 | 8.07 |
| Louisiana (1.18%) | 3.78 | 3.84 | 4.17 |
| Michigan (2.38%) | 8.68 | 8.49 | 7.88 |
| Minnesota (8.19%) | 32.10 | 32.02 | 31.61 |
| Mississippi (2.38%) | 9.08 | 8.96 | 9.06 |
| Missouri (6.45%) | 22.91 | 23.10 | 24.91 |
| Nebraska (6.60%) | 26.13 | 25.78 | 26.27 |
| North Carolina (1.48%) | 4.68 | 4.88 | 5.71 |
| North Dakota (5.18%) | 18.72 | 18.67 | 19.05 |
| Ohio (6.31%) | 22.33 | 21.16 | 21.53 |
| South Dakota (5.06%) | 19.48 | 19.65 | 20.30 |
| Tennessee (1.82%) | 6.56 | 6.57 | 6.37 |
| Wisconsin (2.52%) | 9.73 | 9.68 | 9.58 |
| Soybean total | 368.21 | 367.16 | 373.23 |
* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.
Wheat
Spring wheat ratings came in at 10% very poor to poor, 32% fair, and 58% good to excellent. The good to excellent category rose 1% from the previous week, raising the CCI 0.81 points. Higher temperatures in the western U.S. did not result in lower ratings as analysts expected. USDA’s good to excellent ratings came in 2% above the average analyst expectations according to a poll from Bloomberg.
| This Week | Last week | Year-ago | |
| Idaho* (6.90%) | 24.92 | 25.40 | 23.04 |
| Minnesota (15.24%) | 60.64 | 59.42 | 59.90 |
| Montana (12.74%) | 40.63 | 42.92 | 35.23 |
| North Dakota (55.32%) | 199.71 | 196.39 | 204.37 |
| South Dakota (5.95%) | 20.29 | 20.71 | 22.51 |
| Washington (3.86%) | 13.07 | 13.23 | 12.69 |
| HRS total | 359.25 | 358.06 | 357.72 |
* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.