The USDA overnight unveiled its latest assessment of US corn planting progress of 2026.
Investors had expected an 11% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Colorado | 5 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| Illinois | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Indiana | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Iowa | 2 | 1 | -14 | -6 |
| Kansas | 17 | 8 | -8 | -2 |
| Kentucky | 48 | 24 | 37 | 30 |
| Michigan | 1 | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 6 | n/a | -2 | 2 |
| Missouri | 23 | 8 | -7 | -4 |
| Nebraska | 8 | n/a | 1 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 45 | 16 | 6 | 3 |
| North Dakota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ohio | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 4 | n/a | -2 | 2 |
| Tennessee | 64 | 22 | 42 | 40 |
| Texas | 65 | 2 | -3 | -1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 States | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
