Dow Jones compiles this national summary of relative crop
conditions and index to assess changes through the crop season.
The summary and index are calculated from the USDA crop condition
reports and weighted by state crop area.
(*) denotes data for the same period the previous year.
TOTAL U.S. SOYBEAN CONDITION SUMMARY (IN PCT): Yr Ago(*)
in pct 08/0908/02 07/26 07/19 07/12 07/05 06/28 06/21 06/14 08/11/19
v poor 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3
poor 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 10
fair 21 21 22 24 25 24 24 25 24 33
good 57 58 57 54 54 57 58 58 60 46
exlnt 17 15 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 8
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING:
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.) Yr Ago(*)
08/0908/02 07/26 07/19 07/12 07/05 06/28 06/21 06/14 08/11/19
Ark 104 104 106 105 104 106 105 105 104 101
Ill 108 106 106 104 100 102 104 100 102 89
Ind 103 103 102 99 99 100 101 99 102 86
Iowa 104 105 106 107 109 110 109 110 109 101
Kans 106 105 103 99 99 98 100 102 101 95
Ky 109 108 108 107 106 106 110 108 107 104
La 110 110 110 111 111 108 108 103 103 101
Mich 105 103 102 99 98 99 102 99 104 93
Minn 111 111 111 109 111 110 109 110 111 99
Miss 101 101 101 98 102 100 100 100 102 102
Mo 106 105 103 103 102 101 101 101 99 93
Neb 109 109 108 105 106 108 107 107 108 105
NC 98 94 93 93 102 103 102 99 103 98
ND 103 102 101 103 103 103 103 103 105 100
Ohio 99 99 97 94 97 98 101 99 102 86
SD 109 108 109 109 108 108 108 108 107 99
Tenn 104 105 104 105 106 106 107 106 107 109
Wis 114 114 115 114 114 112 111 112 113 104
18-state
avg 106 105 105 104 103 105 105 104 105 97
Yr ago 97 97 97 97 97 96 97 97 na NA
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