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. CORN CONDITION SUMMARY (IN PCT):                   Yr Ago(*) 
in pct  05/27 05/20                                           05/29/11 
v poor      1     1                                               2 
poor        4     2                                               4 
fair       23    20                                              31 
good       59    62                                              53 
exlnt      13    15                                              10 
 
STATE INDICES AND NATIONAL AVERAGE RATINGS: 
(An index value of 100 is approximately normal.)              Yr Ago(*) 
        05/27 05/20                                           05/29/11 
Colo      105   106                                              98 
Ill       103   108                                             104 
Ind        99   105                                              95 
Iowa      108   110                                             109 
Ks         98   103                                              99 
Ky         97   101                                             104 
Mich      108   106                                              96 
Minn      110   109                                             103 
Mo         99   103                                              99 
Neb       106   106                                             101 
NC        109   108                                              98 
ND        109   110                                             101 
Ohio      106   109                                              87 
Pa        113   108                                             107 
SD        111   111                                             106 
Tenn      101   103                                             105 
Tex       104 105.3                                              79 
Wis       107 107.5                                             102 
17 state 
avg     104.8                                                   101 
Yr ago  101.3                                                     NA 
  -By Rodney Christian ; Dow Jones Newswires; 202-646-1880; 
   csstat@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 29, 2012 16:13 ET (20:13 GMT)