USDA Crop Progress: Soybean Condition Index-Oct 22
October 22 2018 - 04:42PM
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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 10/21 10/14 10/7 09/30 09/23 09/16 09/09 09/02 08/26 10/22/17
v poor 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 NA
poor 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 NA
fair 23 23 22 22 22 23 22 23 23 NA
good 48 48 49 49 49 49 50 49 49 NA
exlnt 18 18 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 NA
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING:
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.) Yr Ago(*)
10/21 10/14 10/7 09/30 09/23 09/16 09/09 09/02 08/26 10/22/17
Ark 93 97 99 101 102 102 102 101 100 na
Ill 112 111 111 109 110 110 110 109 109 na
Ind 105 105 106 106 105 105 105 105 105 na
Iowa 101 101 104 107 106 106 106 105 105 na
Kans 96 97 100 99 100 98 98 95 94 na
Ky 104 105 105 108 108 106 105 106 104 na
La 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 97 98 na
Mich 106 104 102 103 104 102 100 101 99 na
Minn 107 105 106 106 107 104 105 104 106 na
Miss 105 105 105 105 105 105 106 106 106 na
Mo 92 91 94 91 90 91 89 89 83 na
Neb 109 109 110 112 111 112 110 110 110 na
NC 91 92 91 92 88 97 100 98 99 na
ND 95 92 95 95 95 93 95 95 92 na
Ohio 109 110 112 110 108 109 109 109 109 na
SD 98 99 100 98 99 98 97 96 98 na
Tenn 108 105 106 107 108 104 103 107 106 na
Wis 105 104 105 108 109 108 110 107 109 na
18-state
avg 103 103 104 104 104 103 103 102 102 na
Yr ago 100 100 100 99 99 99 99 100 100 NA
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