Corn sowing in the US is still 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.
For the previous week’s report, click here.
| State | Planting progress |
Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Colorado | 13 | +9 | -11 | -6 |
| Illinois | 7 | +5 | -43 | -36 |
| Indiana | 6 | +5 | -23 | -19 |
| Iowa | 9 | +7 | -53 | -33 |
| Kansas | 35 | +14 | +1 | -1 |
| Kentucky | 26 | +16 | -32 | -16 |
| Michigan | 1 | +1 | -25 | -9 |
| Minnesota | – | 0 | -54 | -28 |
| Missouri | 27 | +17 | -19 | -25 |
| Nebraska | 28 | +18 | -9 | -6 |
| North Carolina | 80 | +20 | +3 | +8 |
| North Dakota | – | 0 | -12 | -5 |
| Ohio | 3 | +3 | -17 | -13 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | +3 | -10 | -3 |
| South Dakota | 3 | +2 | -19 | -10 |
| Tennessee | 42 | +25 | -21 | -13 |
| Texas | 74 | +5 | +6 | +4 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | +1 | -23 | -13 |
| 18 States | 14 | +7 | -28 | -19 |
| Source: USDA. Planting progress data in percent. Other data in percentage points |
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