Corn, soybean CCI ratings decline, spring wheat improves

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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 fell 3.5 points to 376.2, though that was still 4.4 points above the five-year average. The soybean crop dropped 4.9 points to 366.0, though that was still 5.5 points above average for the date. Declines were relatively widespread with only a handful of states seeing modest improvement over the past week.

The spring wheat crop improved 10.8 points to 364.21, almost entirely due to better ratings in North Dakota and Montana. The CCI rating was 17.3 points above the five-year average, which was heavily weighted down by last year’s drought-impacted crop.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.01%*)

3.54

3.47

4.15

Illinois (14.37%)

54.61

56.05

54.83

Indiana (6.59%)

24.72

25.11

24.33

Iowa (17.32%)

69.09

69.78

61.63

Kansas (5.41%)

19.04

19.31

19.50

Kentucky (1.80%)

6.97

7.19

6.80

Michigan (2.07%)

7.87

8.20

7.11

Minnesota (9.53%)

35.55

34.51

33.28

Missouri (3.67%)

13.69

13.95

12.52

Nebraska (12.65%)

46.05

45.92

51.27

North Carolina (0.80%)

2.65

2.98

2.82

North Dakota (2.42%)

9.14

9.16

8.26

Ohio (3.81%)

13.47

14.12

14.80

Pennsylvania (1.09%)

4.41

4.48

3.98

South Dakota (4.71%)

18.27

17.99

15.43

Tennessee (1.08%)

4.04

4.17

3.92

Texas (1.76%)

5.19

5.07

6.69

Wisconsin (3.49%)

13.77

13.91

13.36

Corn total

376.20

379.72

366.70

 

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

                                                            

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.49%*)

13.78

14.09

13.07

Illinois (14.91%)

54.89

57.57

55.39

Indiana (7.76%)

28.87

29.10

28.87

Iowa (13.35%)

52.34

52.74

45.05

Kansas (4.68%)

17.07

16.93

17.19

Kentucky (2.31%)

8.94

9.17

8.93

Louisiana (1.23%)

4.69

4.82

4.90

Michigan (2.33%)

8.61

8.93

8.34

Minnesota (8.38%)

31.02

30.52

29.90

Mississippi (2.33%)

9.12

8.84

8.90

Missouri (6.59%)

23.71

23.97

22.87

Nebraska (7.65%)

27.76

28.14

29.61

North Carolina (1.46%)

4.99

5.37

4.98

North Dakota (4.46%)

16.18

16.14

13.73

Ohio (6.19%)

21.67

22.16

23.69

South Dakota (4.82%)

17.93

17.69

16.25

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.43%)

9.56

9.61

8.50

Soybean total

366.04

370.91

354.58


* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.76%*)

29.55

30.32

23.01

Minnesota (14.03%)

51.90

50.64

45.58

Montana (17.83%)

53.49

49.21

58.85

North Dakota (50.14%)

190.54

186.02

123.54

South Dakota (5.27%)

19.13

18.07

14.47

Washington (4.98%)

19.61

19.11

10.57

HRS total

364.21

353.38

276.95

 

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.

 

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