Markets Extra

US corn crop rated mature, as of October 13

Markets Extra15 Oct 2019by Markets Extra

Agrimoney crunches USDA data on the proportion of US corn rated mature, as of Sunday, and comparison with previous periods.

The previous week’s data are available here.

US corn rated mature, October 13
	Percentage of crop mature	Change on week	Change on year	Difference from 5-year average
Colorado	27%	+10	-1	+7
Illinois	23%	+10	-47	-36
Indiana	24%	+9	-25	-17
Iowa	7%	+4	-10	-13
Kansas	48%	+12	-14	-16
Kentucky	84%	+8	+6	+6
Michigan	7%	+3	-12	-9
Minnesota	5%	+4	-13	-14
Missouri	46%	+11	-33	-23
Nebraska	20%	+8	-5	-4
North Carolina	93%	+2	+2	+3
North Dakota	1%	-	-10	-11
Ohio	16%	+5	-14	-11
Pennsylvania	38%	+2	+13	+7
South Dakota	5%	+3	-12	-14
Tennessee	92%	+4	+5	+3
Texas	77%	+3	+2	+2
Wisconsin	3%	+2	-15	-11
National reading	22%	+7	-16	-14
Crop mature data shown in percent. Other data in percentage points

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