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   10/15 10/08 10/01 09/24 09/17 09/10 09/03 08/27 08/20 10/16/16 
v poor       3    3     3     3     3     3     3     3     3     2 
poor         9    9     9     9     9     9     8     8     9     5 
fair        27   27    28    28    29    28    28    28    28    19 
good        48   49    48    49    48    49    50    50    50    53 
exlnt       13   12    12    11    11    11    11    11    10    21 
 
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING: 
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.)              Yr Ago(*) 
         10/15 10/08 10/01 09/24 09/17 09/10 09/03 08/27 08/20 10/16/16 
Ark        103  103   104   104   104   104   104   105   104     94 
Ill         99  100    98    96    95    97    97    97    98    110 
Ind         99   97    96    96    96    96    96    96    96    108 
Iowa       100  100    99    98    97    99    99    99    97    110 
Kans        91   92    91    91    92    94    97    97    97    105 
Ky         107  107   106   107   107   106   106   105   105    106 
La         100  100   100   100   100    97    98   104   105     94 
Mich        92   93    92    94    96    95    96    98    98    104 
Minn       103  103   104   104   104   104   105   105   105    112 
Miss       108  108   108   108   106   106   106   110   107    107 
Mo         102  101   101   100   101   101   102   102   100    106 
Neb         99  100   101   101    99   101   101   101   100    108 
NC         104  105   106   108   105   104   104   105   104     88 
ND          96   94    94    95    93    92    92    94    92    107 
Ohio        99   98    98    99    99    98    97    98    98    101 
SD          96   94    94    94    92    94    92    93    89    101 
Tenn       111  114   112   114   113   111   113   111   111    107 
Wis        108  107   107   108   109   108   107   106   106    115 
18-state 
avg        100  100    99    99    99    99   100   100    99    107 
Yr ago     107  106   106   106   106   106   106   106   105    NA 
Write to Rodney Christian at csstat@dowjones.com 
 

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