Corn sowing in the US is running behind the typical pace, US Department of Agriculture overnight showed.
Progress is lagging the average in states including the key Corn Belt “I states” of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
Details of the data are shown below.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Colorado | – | 0 | -5 | -2 |
| Illinois | – | 0 | -11 | -6 |
| Indiana | – | 0 | -6 | -3 |
| Iowa | – | 0 | -4 | -2 |
| Kansas | 12 | +7 | -2 | +1 |
| Kentucky | 6 | +2 | -18 | -10 |
| Michigan | – | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Minnesota | – | 0 | -3 | -1 |
| Missouri | 4 | +3 | -9 | -8 |
| Nebraska | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 39 | +22 | +2 | +4 |
| North Dakota | – | 0 | -3 | -1 |
| Ohio | – | 0 | -4 | -1 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 | +2 | +1 |
| South Dakota | – | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 7 | +3 | -17 | -14 |
| Texas | 64 | +1 | +4 | +3 |
| Wisconsin | – | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 States | 4 | 2 | -3 | -2 |
