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   09/2409/17 09/10 09/03 08/27 08/20 08/13  08/6 07/30 9/25/16 
v poor       3    3     3     3     3     3     3     3     4     2 
poor         9    9     9     8     8     9     9     9     9     5 
fair        28   29    28    28    28    28    29    28    28    20 
good        49   48    49    50    50    50    49    50    49    54 
exlnt       11   11    11    11    11    10    10    10    10    19 
 
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING: 
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.)              Yr Ago(*) 
         09/2409/17 09/10 09/03 08/27 08/20 08/13  08/6 07/30 9/25/16 
Ark        104  104   104   104   105   104   105   105   105     99 
Ill         96   95    97    97    97    98   100   100   101    109 
Ind         96   96    96    96    96    96    97    97    96    107 
Iowa        98   97    99    99    99    97    96    98    99    110 
Kans        91   92    94    97    97    97    96    97    96    105 
Ky         107  107   106   106   105   105   105   104   104    106 
La         100  100    97    98   104   105   107   108   108     94 
Mich        94   96    95    96    98    98    97   100   101    103 
Minn       104  104   104   105   105   105   105   105   105    109 
Miss       108  106   106   106   110   107   106   108   107    108 
Mo         100  101   101   102   102   100   101   101   101    107 
Neb        101   99   101   101   101   100    99    98    98    108 
NC         108  105   104   104   105   104   104   105   102    101 
ND          95   93    92    92    94    92    91    87    86    105 
Ohio        99   99    98    97    98    98    98    97    95     98 
SD          94   92    94    92    93    89    87    84    80     99 
Tenn       114  113   111   113   111   111   108   107   105    109 
Wis        108  109   108   107   106   106   107   107   106    114 
18-state 
avg         99   99    99   100   100    99    99    99    98    106 
Yr ago     106  106   106   106   106   105   105   105   105    NA 
Write to Rodney Christian at csstat@dowjones.com 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 25, 2017 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)