USDA Crop Progress: Soybean Condition Index-Aug 28

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 08/27 08/20 08/13 08/6 07/30 07/23 07/16 07/9 07/2 8/28/16

v poor 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2

poor 8 9 9 9 9 10 8 8 7 5

fair 28 28 29 28 28 29 28 27 27 20

good 50 50 49 50 49 47 51 52 54 55

exlnt 11 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(*)

08/27 08/20 08/13 08/6 07/30 07/23 07/16 07/9 07/2 8/28/16

Ark 105 104 105 105 105 104 105 104 104 97

Ill 97 98 100 100 101 99 102 101 103 108

Ind 96 96 97 97 96 94 95 95 96 107

Iowa 99 97 96 98 99 100 100 102 104 110

Kans 97 97 96 97 96 98 99 101 102 104

Ky 105 105 105 104 104 103 105 106 107 105

La 104 105 107 108 108 109 108 107 106 97

Mich 98 98 97 100 101 101 103 99 102 101

Minn 105 105 105 105 105 104 105 105 105 110

Miss 110 107 106 108 107 104 107 104 106 108

Mo 102 100 101 101 101 100 101 100 100 106

Neb 101 100 99 98 98 96 99 100 102 107

NC 105 104 104 105 102 104 106 106 107 102

ND 94 92 91 87 86 88 87 91 92 105

Ohio 98 98 98 97 95 93 95 98 100 97

SD 93 89 87 84 80 80 81 85 87 98

Tenn 111 111 108 107 105 109 112 110 111 111

Wis 106 106 107 107 106 105 104 105 105 115

18-state

avg 100 99 99 99 98 97 99 100 101 106

Yr ago 106 105 105 105 105 104 104 105 104 NA

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 28, 2017 16:26 ET (20:26 GMT)