The US Department of Agriculture overnight published its latest assessment of US soybean sowings progress for the 2025/26 crop.
Traders had expected a % 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 | 96 | +3 | -2 | 0 |
| Illinois | 95 | +2 | -1 | -2 |
| Indiana | 95 | +2 | -3 | -4 |
| Iowa | 100 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Kansas | 86 | +4 | -5 | -5 |
| Kentucky | 82 | +7 | -3 | -7 |
| Louisiana | 100 | 0 | +2 | +1 |
| Michigan | 98 | +3 | +1 | -1 |
| Minnesota | 100 | 0 | +3 | +1 |
| Mississippi | 96 | +3 | -4 | -2 |
| Missouri | 89 | +3 | -4 | -3 |
| Nebraska | 100 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 88 | +5 | +1 | +2 |
| North Dakota | 100 | +4 | +4 | +3 |
| Ohio | 96 | +4 | -1 | -2 |
| South Dakota | 100 | +1 | +2 | +1 |
| Tennessee | 84 | +6 | -5 | -4 |
| Wisconsin | 99 | +1 | +3 | 0 |
| 18 States | 96 | +3 | 0 | -1 |