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   09/2709/20 09/13 09/06 08/30 08/23 08/16 08/09 08/02 09/29/19 
v poor       3    3     3     3     3     2     2     1     1     3 
poor         7    7     8     7     7     6     5     4     5    10 
fair        26   27    26    25    24    23    21    21    21    32 
good        51   51    50    52    53    55    56    57    58    46 
exlnt       13   12    13    13    13    14    16    17    15     9 
 
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING: 
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.)              Yr Ago(*) 
         09/2709/20 09/13 09/06 08/30 08/23 08/16 08/09 08/02 09/29/19 
Ark        102  103   103   104   105   105   105   104   104     99 
Ill        104  104   105   103   105   106   106   108   106     92 
Ind        100  101   100   101   101   102   103   103   103     85 
Iowa        92   92    92    91    93    96    99   104   105    101 
Kans        95   93    96    96    98   104   105   106   105     98 
Ky         114  111   112   111   110   109   107   109   108     93 
La         100  100    na   101   101   111   112   110   110    100 
Mich       100  101   101   100    99   100   105   105   103     93 
Minn       108  107   107   108   109   110   112   111   111     98 
Miss       102  102   102   103   102   102   103   101   101    104 
Mo         110  107   106   106   106   106   106   106   105     95 
Neb         99  101   100   100   102   104   108   109   109    106 
NC          95   98    98    98    99    99    99    98    94     94 
ND          93   92    93   101   101   102   101   103   102     99 
Ohio        97   97    97    96    96    97    98    99    99     86 
SD         101   99    99    99   102   102   107   109   108    101 
Tenn       106  105   106   105   105   104   105   104   105     99 
Wis        112  112   112   113   112   113   114   114   114    107 
18-state 
avg        101  101   101   101   102   103   105   106   105     97 
Yr ago      97   97    96    98    97    97    96    97    97    NA 
 
Write to Taryn Boss at csstat@dowjones.com