The USDA overnight unveiled its latest assessment of US corn planting progress of 2026.
Investors had expected a 55% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Colorado | 40 | 21 | -11 | 4 |
| Illinois | 54 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Indiana | 51 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Iowa | 72 | 30 | 0 | 9 |
| Kansas | 52 | 11 | -7 | -3 |
| Kentucky | 87 | 10 | 37 | 28 |
| Michigan | 17 | 12 | -22 | -11 |
| Minnesota | 68 | 26 | -3 | 13 |
| Missouri | 66 | 15 | 0 | -3 |
| Nebraska | 67 | 24 | -3 | 7 |
| North Carolina | 87 | 13 | 3 | -3 |
| North Dakota | 25 | 21 | -13 | 5 |
| Ohio | 37 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 12 | -3 | -1 |
| South Dakota | 53 | 26 | -12 | 10 |
| Tennessee | 92 | 5 | 18 | 17 |
| Texas | 83 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 31 | 21 | -9 | -2 |
| 18 States | 57 | 19 | -2 | 5 |
