Pro Farmer Corn CCI rating drops sixth consecutive week, soybean rating also down.

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When USDA’s latest 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 another 4.07 points to 344.75, the sixth straight weekly decline. The soybean crop declined by 2.64 points to 346.44, the third straight weekly decline. The spring wheat crop improved 1.33 point to 369.69, up sharply from a year-ago rating of 223.40 for the drought-ravaged crop.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (1.01%*)

2.95

3.17

3.52

Illinois (14.37%)

54.61

55.62

55.28

Indiana (6.59%)

22.67

22.61

24.60

Iowa (17.32%)

64.24

64.42

61.63

Kansas (5.41%)

14.33

14.55

18.40

Kentucky (1.80%)

5.24

5.39

6.58

Michigan (2.07%)

7.54

7.75

7.84

Minnesota (9.53%)

35.46

35.17

29.05

Missouri (3.67%)

11.64

11.53

12.87

Nebraska (12.65%)

39.09

40.48

47.70

North Carolina (0.80%)

2.28

2.37

2.87

North Dakota (2.42%)

9.09

9.02

6.66

Ohio (3.81%)

13.36

13.36

15.10

Pennsylvania (1.09%)

3.64

3.96

4.08

South Dakota (4.71%)

15.35

15.59

13.37

Tennessee (1.08%)

3.02

3.16

3.80

Texas (1.76%)

4.28

4.49

6.17

Wisconsin (3.49%)

13.84

13.84

14.22

Corn total

344.75

348.82

355.06

 

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

                                                            

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.49%*)

12.59

12.94

13.53

Illinois (14.91%)

55.48

56.82

55.69

Indiana (7.76%)

26.77

26.70

28.56

Iowa (13.35%)

48.60

48.87

45.68

Kansas (4.68%)

13.33

13.89

16.66

Kentucky (2.31%)

7.58

7.53

8.70

Louisiana (1.23%)

4.40

4.46

5.09

Michigan (2.33%)

8.40

8.49

8.99

Minnesota (8.38%)

31.02

31.10

25.30

Mississippi (2.33%)

8.26

8.35

8.92

Missouri (6.59%)

21.99

21.47

23.19

Nebraska (7.65%)

24.86

25.24

27.98

North Carolina (1.46%)

5.18

5.06

5.03

North Dakota (4.46%)

16.05

16.14

12.09

Ohio (6.19%)

21.61

21.67

23.94

South Dakota (4.82%)

16.53

16.53

14.41

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.43%)

9.61

9.53

9.16

Soybean total

346.44

349.08

347.06


* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

 

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for HRS Wheat

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Idaho (7.76%*)

29.08

28.93

20.22

Minnesota (14.03%)

54.84

53.86

36.19

Montana (17.83%)

55.45

57.77

34.51

North Dakota (50.14%)

193.04

190.54

112.53

South Dakota (5.27%)

16.86

16.86

11.48

Washington (4.98%)

20.41

20.41

7.70

HRS total

369.69

368.36

223.40

 

* denotes percentage of total national HRS crop production.

 

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