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 48% number, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 81 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Illinois | 57 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Indiana | 51 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Iowa | 60 | 33 | 0 | 12 |
| Kansas | 36 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| Kentucky | 71 | 10 | 37 | 36 |
| Louisiana | 91 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| Michigan | 12 | 9 | -16 | -14 |
| Minnesota | 51 | 24 | 3 | 18 |
| Mississippi | 83 | 6 | 13 | 14 |
| Missouri | 41 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
| Nebraska | 64 | 24 | 6 | 20 |
| North Carolina | 41 | 17 | 3 | 10 |
| North Dakota | 16 | 14 | -8 | 5 |
| Ohio | 34 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| South Dakota | 34 | 20 | -13 | 9 |
| Tennessee | 76 | 7 | 33 | 40 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 18 | -9 | 1 |
| 18 States | 49 | 16 | 4 | 13 |
