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   08/0908/02 07/26 07/19 07/12 07/05 06/28 06/21 06/14 08/11/19 
v poor       1    1     1     2     2     1     1     1     1     3 
poor         4    5     5     5     5     4     4     4     3    10 
fair        21   21    22    24    25    24    24    25    24    33 
good        57   58    57    54    54    57    58    58    60    46 
exlnt       17   15    15    15    14    14    13    12    12     8 
 
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATING: 
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.)              Yr Ago(*) 
         08/0908/02 07/26 07/19 07/12 07/05 06/28 06/21 06/14 08/11/19 
Ark        104  104   106   105   104   106   105   105   104    101 
Ill        108  106   106   104   100   102   104   100   102     89 
Ind        103  103   102    99    99   100   101    99   102     86 
Iowa       104  105   106   107   109   110   109   110   109    101 
Kans       106  105   103    99    99    98   100   102   101     95 
Ky         109  108   108   107   106   106   110   108   107    104 
La         110  110   110   111   111   108   108   103   103    101 
Mich       105  103   102    99    98    99   102    99   104     93 
Minn       111  111   111   109   111   110   109   110   111     99 
Miss       101  101   101    98   102   100   100   100   102    102 
Mo         106  105   103   103   102   101   101   101    99     93 
Neb        109  109   108   105   106   108   107   107   108    105 
NC          98   94    93    93   102   103   102    99   103     98 
ND         103  102   101   103   103   103   103   103   105    100 
Ohio        99   99    97    94    97    98   101    99   102     86 
SD         109  108   109   109   108   108   108   108   107     99 
Tenn       104  105   104   105   106   106   107   106   107    109 
Wis        114  114   115   114   114   112   111   112   113    104 
18-state 
avg        106  105   105   104   103   105   105   104   105     97 
Yr ago      97   97    97    97    97    96    97    97    na    NA 
 
Write to Taryn Boss at csstat@dowjones.com