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 an 89% number, according to a Reuters poll.
| State | Percent planted | Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 95 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| Illinois | 89 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Indiana | 82 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Iowa | 95 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Kansas | 75 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Kentucky | 82 | 3 | 23 | 16 |
| Louisiana | 97 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Michigan | 81 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 96 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Mississippi | 95 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
| Missouri | 74 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| Nebraska | 95 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 86 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
| North Dakota | 84 | 21 | 7 | 20 |
| Ohio | 68 | 11 | 4 | -7 |
| South Dakota | 88 | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| Tennessee | 86 | 2 | 22 | 20 |
| Wisconsin | 89 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 States | 87 | 8 | 4 | 7 |