USDA Crop Progress: Soybean Condition Index-Oct 10

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 10/08 10/01 09/24 09/17 09/10 09/03 08/27 08/20 08/13 10/09/16

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

poor 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 5

fair 27 28 28 29 28 28 28 28 29 19

good 49 48 49 48 49 50 50 50 49 54

exlnt 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 20

STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING:

(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.) Yr Ago(*)

10/08 10/01 09/24 09/17 09/10 09/03 08/27 08/20 08/13 10/09/16

Ark 103 104 104 104 104 104 105 104 105 94

Ill 100 98 96 95 97 97 97 98 100 110

Ind 97 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 97 108

Iowa 100 99 98 97 99 99 99 97 96 110

Kans 92 91 91 92 94 97 97 97 96 105

Ky 107 106 107 107 106 106 105 105 105 105

La 100 100 100 100 97 98 104 105 107 94

Mich 93 92 94 96 95 96 98 98 97 105

Minn 103 104 104 104 104 105 105 105 105 112

Miss 108 108 108 106 106 106 110 107 106 107

Mo 101 101 100 101 101 102 102 100 101 107

Neb 100 101 101 99 101 101 101 100 99 108

NC 105 106 108 105 104 104 105 104 104 98

ND 94 94 95 93 92 92 94 92 91 107

Ohio 98 98 99 99 98 97 98 98 98 99

SD 94 94 94 92 94 92 93 89 87 101

Tenn 114 112 114 113 111 113 111 111 108 108

Wis 107 107 108 109 108 107 106 106 107 115

18-state

avg 100 99 99 99 99 100 100 99 99 106

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

Write to Rodney Christian at csstat@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 10, 2017 16:31 ET (20:31 GMT)