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 22% number, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 61 | 17 | 18 | 26 |
| Illinois | 36 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| Indiana | 35 | 16 | 26 | 27 |
| Iowa | 11 | 10 | -12 | -2 |
| Kansas | 15 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Kentucky | 50 | 17 | 35 | 34 |
| Louisiana | 77 | 19 | 9 | 32 |
| Michigan | 3 | n/a | -4 | -2 |
| Minnesota | 15 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Mississippi | 66 | 11 | 15 | 25 |
| Missouri | 22 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 17 | 8 | 11 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 7 | -4 | 1 |
| North Dakota | – | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ohio | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 62 | 12 | 38 | 46 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | n/a | -2 | -1 |
| 18 States | 23 | 11 | 6 | 11 |
