Corn, soybean CCI ratings deteriorate

Drought corn
Drought corn
(Lindsey Pound)

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 dropped 7.7 points to 337.1, which was 2.9 points (0.9%) below last year at this time. The soybean crop fell 8.5 points to 335.5, down 8.1 points (2.3%) from last year. Illinois led declines for both corn and soybeans, though most of the top production states saw some deterioration.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Colorado (0.91%*)

3.39

3.32

2.61

Illinois (15.33%)

53.05

55.35

54.47

Indiana (6.95%)

25.17

25.31

22.67

Iowa (17.02%)

56.84

58.03

63.90

Kansas (4.72%)

13.75

14.03

13.36

Kentucky (1.72%)

6.55

6.53

5.35

Michigan (2.30%)

8.05

7.93

7.73

Minnesota (9.98%)

31.24

32.33

34.89

Missouri (3.75%)

10.46

10.91

11.75

Nebraska (11.86%)

38.90

39.97

37.82

North Carolina (0.79%)

2.93

3.00

2.21

North Dakota (2.28%)

8.28

8.05

8.82

Ohio (4.20%)

16.47

16.22

13.13

Pennsylvania (0.99%)

4.01

3.86

3.71

South Dakota (4.93%)

16.13

17.16

15.17

Tennessee (0.94%)

3.59

3.63

3.12

Texas (1.45%)

4.75

4.75

4.21

Wisconsin (3.71%)

12.73

13.10

13.77

Corn total

337.06

344.75

340.50

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

                                                            

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans

 

This Week

Last week

Year-ago

Arkansas (3.58%*)

13.64

13.54

12.69

Illinois (15.24%)

53.05

56.10

55.03

Indiana (7.81%)

28.26

28.89

27.01

Iowa (13.31%)

44.72

45.52

49.40

Kansas (4.01%)

10.89

12.10

12.30

Kentucky (2.34%)

8.77

8.84

7.93

Louisiana (1.28%)

4.06

4.08

3.65

Michigan (2.47%)

8.36

8.29

8.72

Minnesota (8.45%)

27.97

28.47

30.85

Mississippi (2.47%)

8.78

9.12

8.17

Missouri (6.55%)

20.96

21.23

22.06

Nebraska (7.17%)

23.00

23.72

23.63

North Carolina (1.47%)

5.13

5.14

5.24

North Dakota (4.43%)

14.52

14.48

15.96

Ohio (6.41%)

24.68

24.49

21.30

South Dakota (4.90%)

16.26

16.99

15.95

Tennessee (1.81%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Wisconsin (2.57%)

8.90

9.16

9.63

Soybean total

335.53

344.03

343.60

* denotes percentage of total national soybean production.

 

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