The USDA overnight unveiled its latest assessment of US corn planting progress of 2026.
Investors had expected a 23% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Colorado | 12 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| Illinois | 29 | 16 | 14 | 10 |
| Indiana | 30 | 16 | 21 | 20 |
| Iowa | 22 | 20 | -10 | 0 |
| Kansas | 29 | 12 | -8 | -1 |
| Kentucky | 69 | 21 | 46 | 38 |
| Michigan | 3 | 2 | -2 | -1 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 20 | 2 | 11 |
| Missouri | 40 | 17 | -5 | -2 |
| Nebraska | 26 | 18 | 7 | 10 |
| North Carolina | 57 | 12 | 0 | -5 |
| North Dakota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ohio | 20 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 16 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| Tennessee | 80 | 16 | 41 | 38 |
| Texas | 71 | 6 | -2 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | -1 | -1 |
| 18 States | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
