The US Department of Agriculture overnight published its latest assessment of US soybean sowings progress for the 2025/26 crop.
Traders had expected a 17% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
The table below gives details of the data.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 45 | +13 | -9 | +14 |
| Illinois | 22 | +12 | -2 | +2 |
| Indiana | 10 | +7 | +3 | 0 |
| Iowa | 25 | +14 | +2 | +12 |
| Kansas | 13 | +8 | +2 | +6 |
| Kentucky | 16 | +9 | -5 | -2 |
| Louisiana | 70 | +14 | +22 | +30 |
| Michigan | 8 | N/A | +2 | +2 |
| Minnesota | 13 | +10 | 0 | +7 |
| Mississippi | 54 | +19 | +5 | +15 |
| Missouri | 25 | +10 | +2 | +13 |
| Nebraska | 13 | +11 | +4 | +3 |
| North Carolina | 17 | +10 | +4 | +7 |
| North Dakota | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ohio | 10 | N/A | +4 | +4 |
| South Dakota | 6 | N/A | +3 | +4 |
| Tennessee | 25 | +10 | -1 | +11 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | +4 | -4 | +2 |
| 18 States | 18 | +10 | +1 | +6 |
