Fundamentally Speaking

Soybean crop ratings for week 29 for the top 18 producing states for 2023, the 1986-2023 average and where this year's week 29 rating ranks for the complete week 29 history from 1986 to 2023

Percent of the U.S. corn, soybean and spring wheat producing area in D1-D4 drought as of third week of July vs. the percent that the final yield of each of these crops deviated from the 2000-2022 trend.

Ukraine's percent of global sunflower oil production and exports vs. its percent of global wheat and corn production and exports on the left hand-axis.

The seasonal corn condition ratings by week with the average and plus and minus one standard deviation lines using data from 1986 to 2022 vs. the five-year average and the weekly crop ratings so far for 2023.

This chart shows the week 26 (or around the beginning of July) spring wheat ratings for the top three producing states and the U.S. figure is also included.

End of June corn crop ratings for 1988, 2012 and 2023 vs. the percent that the final 1988 and 2012 corn yields deviated from the 20-year trend for the top 18 producing states and the U.S.

Week 24 corn ratings for the top 18 corn producing states and U.S. for 2023, the 1990-2023 average and low rating since 1990 vs. the percent that the 2023 week 24 rating deviated from the 1990-2023 average.

This chart shows the USDA corn condition report using of our usual ratings system and the percent that the final U.S. corn yield that year deviated from the 20-year trend vs. the combined percent of the U.S. corn crop rated in either the good or excellent category.

Change in U.S. corn and soybean planted area from the March intentions to June acreage report vs the percent of corn planted by May 15 and soybeans planted by June 1

USDA corn crop and soybean crop conditions as of the first week of June vs. percent of corn and bean area in drought as of the first week of July in the serious drought year of 2012.

USDA's old and new crop U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratios in the May WASDE report vs. the change in both the old and new crop U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratios from the May to November WASDE reports

USDA's old and new crop U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratios in the May WASDE report vs. the change in both the old and new crop U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratios from the May to November WASDE reports

First oat crop rating of each year from 1996 to 2023 along with the rating seen the last week of July vs. the percent that the final oat yield of each season deviated from the 25-year trend.

U.S. barley, oat and sorghum harvested area as a percent of the U.S. corn harvested area vs. yields of each of the other feed grains as a percent of the of the U.S. corn yield

Change in November soybean/December corn ratio from April 1 to May 6 since 1996 vs. the change in U.S. corn and soybean planted area from the March 31 Prospective Plantings to the June 30 Acreage Report

Percent deviation from the 2000-2023 trend for U.S. corn, soybean and wheat yields vs. world corn, soybeans and wheat percent deviations.

The results of annual tour of Kansas wheat fields could show weaker yield estimates due to ongoing drought.

Conditions for the U.S. winter wheat crop right around May 1 vs. percent of the 1986-2022 trend of the USDA's May estimate of the U.S. winter wheat yield along with the final harvested to planted ratio

April net monthly price moves vs. percent change for nearby corn, soybeans and Chicago wheat.

State yields of the top 18 corn producing states as a percent of the U.S. yield looking at the twenty, ten and five-year averages.