The USDA overnight unveiled its latest assessment of US corn planting progress of 2026.
Investors had expected a 6% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Colorado | 2 | n/a | 1 | 1 |
| Illinois | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Indiana | 3 | 2 | n/a | 2 |
| Iowa | 1 | n/a | -1 | -1 |
| Kansas | 9 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 24 | 18 | 21 | 17 |
| Michigan | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Minnesota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Missouri | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Nebraska | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| North Carolina | 29 | 22 | 12 | 9 |
| North Dakota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ohio | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pennsylvania | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| South Dakota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tennessee | 42 | 24 | 36 | 32 |
| Texas | 63 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| 18 States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
