The US Department of Agriculture overnight published its first data of the season on soybean sowings progress.
Plantings are showing a slightly slower-than-average pace, at this very early stage in the process.
The table below gives details of the data.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 8 | +2 | -3 | -4 |
| Illinois | 0 | 0 | -4 | -1 |
| Indiana | 0 | n/a | -3 | -1 |
| Iowa | 0 | n/a | -1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | n/a | n/a | +1 |
| Kentucky | 2 | n/a | -1 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 23 | +8 | 13 | +2 |
| Michigan | 0 | n/a | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Mississippi | 10 | +3 | -4 | -12 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| North Carolina | 0 | n/a | -2 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Ohio | 0 | n/a | -4 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | n/a | -1 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| 18 States | 1 | n/a | -2 | -1 |
