The USDA overnight revealed weekly data on the progress of US winter wheat plantings, for the 2026 harvest.
Investors had expected a 22% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Planting progress (%) |
Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 2 | n/a | -1 | 0 |
| California | 4 | +2 | n/a | +2 |
| Colorado | 37 | +17 | -8 | -8 |
| Idaho | 22 | +10 | +4 | -2 |
| Illinois | 6 | +4 | +1 | +3 |
| Indiana | 6 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 9 | +5 | -6 | -7 |
| Michigan | 6 | +2 | -10 | -5 |
| Missouri | 4 | +2 | +2 | 3 |
| Montana | 29 | +18 | -8 | -3 |
| Nebraska | 35 | +18 | -12 | -6 |
| North Carolina | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 2 | n/a | -2 | -1 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | +10 | -1 | -2 |
| Oregon | 16 | +3 | +1 | +3 |
| South Dakota | 36 | +13 | -1 | -4 |
| Texas | 25 | +12 | -2 | -2 |
| Washington | 58 | +8 | +6 | +6 |
| 18 States | 20 | +6 | -2 | -2 |