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   08/20 08/13  08/6 07/30 07/23 07/16  07/9  07/2 06/25 8/21/16 
v poor       3    3     3     4     4     3     3     2     2     2 
poor         9    9     9     9    10     8     8     7     6     5 
fair        28   29    28    28    29    28    27    27    26    21 
good        50   49    50    49    47    51    52    54    56    54 
exlnt       10   10    10    10    10    10    10    10    10    18 
 
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING: 
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.)              Yr Ago(*) 
         08/20 08/13  08/6 07/30 07/23 07/16  07/9  07/2 06/25 8/21/16 
Ark        104  105   105   105   104   105   104   104   103     99 
Ill         98  100   100   101    99   102   101   103   103    109 
Ind         96   97    97    96    94    95    95    96    96    106 
Iowa        97   96    98    99   100   100   102   104   105    110 
Kans        97   96    97    96    98    99   101   102   103    102 
Ky         105  105   104   104   103   105   106   107   106    106 
La         105  107   108   108   109   108   107   106   105    100 
Mich        98   97   100   101   101   103    99   102   103    100 
Minn       105  105   105   105   104   105   105   105   107    110 
Miss       107  106   108   107   104   107   104   106   104    107 
Mo         100  101   101   101   100   101   100   100   102    106 
Neb        100   99    98    98    96    99   100   102   102    106 
NC         104  104   105   102   104   106   106   107   107    103 
ND          92   91    87    86    88    87    91    92    94    104 
Ohio        98   98    97    95    93    95    98   100   101     97 
SD          89   87    84    80    80    81    85    87    88     98 
Tenn       111  108   107   105   109   112   110   111   113    111 
Wis        106  107   107   106   105   104   105   105   105    116 
18-state 
avg         99   99    99    98    97    99   100   101   102    105 
Yr ago     105  105   105   105   104   104   105   104   105    NA 
Write to Rodney Christian at csstat@dowjones.com 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 21, 2017 16:30 ET (20:30 GMT)