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 66% number, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 87 | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| Illinois | 74 | 17 | 9 | 11 |
| Indiana | 67 | 16 | 11 | 17 |
| Iowa | 80 | 20 | -1 | 12 |
| Kansas | 53 | 17 | -1 | 9 |
| Kentucky | 76 | 5 | 34 | 31 |
| Louisiana | 94 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| Michigan | 37 | 25 | -13 | -9 |
| Minnesota | 74 | 23 | -3 | 21 |
| Mississippi | 90 | 7 | 15 | 12 |
| Missouri | 59 | 18 | 3 | 14 |
| Nebraska | 81 | 17 | 4 | 16 |
| North Carolina | 61 | 20 | 9 | 16 |
| North Dakota | 41 | 25 | -2 | 13 |
| Ohio | 46 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| South Dakota | 59 | 25 | -9 | 13 |
| Tennessee | 80 | 4 | 28 | 32 |
| Wisconsin | 54 | 26 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 States | 67 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
