Markets Extra

US soybeans dropping leaves, October 13

Markets Extra15 Oct 2019by Markets Extra

Agrimoney crunches USDA data on soybean crops dropping leaves as of Sunday, and comparison with previous periods.

The previous week’s data are available here.

US soybeans dropping leaves, October 13
	Proportion of crop dropping leaves	Change on week	Change on year	Difference from 5-year average
Arkansas	89%	+11	+1	-2
Illinois	80%	+15	-16	-14
Indiana	84%	+18	-13	-11
Iowa	85%	+17	-12	-10
Kansas	81%	+18	-5	-4
Kentucky	80%	+11	0	+2
Louisiana	99%	+3	0	+1
Michigan	83%	+14	-9	-12
Minnesota	92%	+12	-7	-6
Mississippi	95%	+8	-1	+1
Missouri	69%	+24	-14	-12
Nebraska	91%	+5	-6	-6
North Carolina	87%	+14	+8	+17
North Dakota	96%	+4	-4	-4
Ohio	79%	+11	-15	-16
South Dakota	92%	+14	-5	-7
Tennessee	92%	+7	+3	+3
Wisconsin	78%	+18	-16	-16
National reading	85%	+13	-9	-8
Data in percentage points, except where otherwise shown

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