The US Department of Agriculture overnight published its latest data on US soybean sowings progress.
The table below gives details of the data. Analysts had expected a 12% number, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 44 | 12 | 15 | 21 |
| Illinois | 20 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Indiana | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Iowa | 1 | n/a | -9 | -3 |
| Kansas | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Kentucky | 33 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
| Louisiana | 58 | 28 | 7 | 26 |
| Michigan | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Minnesota | 3 | n/a | 0 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 55 | 16 | 23 | 32 |
| Missouri | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Nebraska | 2 | n/a | 0 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| North Dakota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ohio | 9 | 8 | n/a | 7 |
| South Dakota | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tennessee | 50 | 14 | 36 | 41 |
| Wisconsin | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 18 States | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
