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 
Write to Rodney Christian at csstat@dowjones.com 
 

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