Corn, soybean CCI ratings continue late-season deterioration

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 3.2 points to 332.9, which was 4.0 points (1.2%) below year-ago at this point. The soybean crop declined 2.1 points to 331.3, down 7.6 points (2.3%) from last year in mid-September. Illinois accounted for the bulk of the decline for both crops over the past week.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Corn
	This Week	Last week	Year-ago
Colorado (0.91%*)	3.05	3.28	2.58
Illinois (15.33%)	50.45	53.05	54.33
Indiana (6.95%)	25.03	25.10	22.67
Iowa (17.02%)	56.67	56.16	63.20
Kansas (4.72%)	13.51	13.61	13.09
Kentucky (1.72%)	6.60	6.53	5.40
Michigan (2.30%)	8.23	8.19	7.46
Minnesota (9.98%)	31.73	31.43	34.79
Missouri (3.75%)	10.46	10.61	11.93
Nebraska (11.86%)	38.31	38.67	36.81
North Carolina (0.79%)	2.95	2.95	2.16
North Dakota (2.28%)	8.21	8.28	8.70
Ohio (4.20%)	16.26	16.77	13.28
Pennsylvania (0.99%)	3.96	3.90	3.84
South Dakota (4.93%)	16.03	15.88	14.08
Tennessee (0.94%)	3.63	3.61	2.96
Texas (1.45%)	4.75	4.75	4.21
Wisconsin (3.71%)	12.54	12.58	13.80
Corn total	332.90	336.06	336.90

* denotes percentage of total national corn crop production.

Pro Farmer Crop Condition Index for Soybeans
	This Week	Last week	Year-ago
Arkansas (3.58%*)	13.89	13.82	12.35
Illinois (15.24%)	50.61	53.20	54.74
Indiana (7.81%)	28.03	28.11	26.70
Iowa (13.31%)	44.59	43.79	48.47
Kansas (4.01%)	10.37	10.49	11.83
Kentucky (2.34%)	8.77	8.77	7.79
Louisiana (1.28%)	3.83	3.81	3.32
Michigan (2.47%)	8.73	8.63	8.26
Minnesota (8.45%)	27.97	27.80	30.69
Mississippi (2.47%)	8.90	8.75	8.03
Missouri (6.55%)	20.90	20.90	21.99
Nebraska (7.17%)	22.79	22.57	23.25
North Carolina (1.47%)	5.17	5.20	5.25
North Dakota (4.43%)	14.39	14.79	16.05
Ohio (6.41%)	24.23	24.75	21.73
South Dakota (4.90%)	16.16	15.97	14.99
Tennessee (1.81%)	1.00	1.00	1.00
Wisconsin (2.57%)	8.52	8.57	9.58
Soybean total	331.26	333.40	338.89