For the week ended Aug 20, in percent.  * denotes revision. 
NOTE: Averages for are based on the number of planted acres, not 
the number of states. 
 
CONDITION: 
           very poor     poor       fair        good     excellent 
        08/20 08/13 08/20 08/13 08/20 08/13 08/20 08/13 08/20 08/13 
Ark         2     1     6     6    25    24    50    52    17    17 
Ill         3     3     9     8    28    26    52    52     8    11 
Ind         4     4    11    10    32    30    43    45    10    11 
Iowa        4     4    10    11    28    29    49    49     9     7 
Ks          2     2     8     8    35    38    49    47     6     5 
Ky          1     1     3     3    22    22    63    62    11    12 
La          0     0     3     2    22    19    66    67     9    12 
Mich        2     3    10    11    31    31    47    46    10     9 
Minn        1     1     5     5    20    20    60    60    14    14 
Miss        0     0     5     5    24    26    49    48    22    21 
Mo          3     3     6     6    30    27    51    53    10    11 
Nebr        3     4     8     8    28    27    50    50    11    11 
NC          1     0     4     5    23    23    63    62     9    10 
ND          5     5    12    14    36    37    44    42     3     2 
Ohio        3     3    11    10    32    32    41    44    13    11 
SD          7     6    15    16    36    44    38    31     4     3 
Tenn        1     3     4     5    15    15    51    51    29    26 
Wis         2     2     6     6    18    17    55    53    19    22 
18-state 
avg         3     3     9     9    28    29    50    49    10    10 
yr-ago      2     2     5     5    21    21    54    55    18    17 
 
PROGRESS: 
 
              --Blooming--                  --Setting Pods-- 
         08/20 08/13  2016   Avg             08/20 08/13  2016   Avg 
Ark         99    98   100    98                96    92    97    91 
Ill        100    97    99    97                92    83    88    87 
Ind         96    93    97    97                86    78    87    88 
Iowa        97    94    99    98                88    82    91    88 
Ks          95    90    93    90                79    66    69    66 
Ky          84    79    88    86                71    60    71    69 
La         100   100    99   100               100    99    98    97 
Mich        95    93    99    99                85    76    85    89 
Minn       100    97   100    98                91    84    94    90 
Miss       100    98    96    98                96    92    92    92 
Mo          92    88    90    88                75    64    69    64 
Nebr       100    97   100   100                89    78    90    90 
NC          90    86    92    82                64    58    73    62 
ND          96    94    99    99                88    78    93    93 
Ohio        95    91    99    98                83    73    90    89 
SD          99    95    99    98                89    82    93    88 
Tenn        94    92    97    93                84    79    86    79 
Wis         96    92   100    95                87    77    93    84 
18-state 
avg         97    94    98    97                87    79    88    85 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 21, 2017 16:24 ET (20:24 GMT)