The USDA overnight revealed weekly data on the progress of US winter wheat plantings, for the 2027 harvest.
Investors had expected a 51% figure, according to a Reuters poll.
Comparable data a year ago are unavailable, because of US government closure from 1 October to 12 November 2025.
| State | Planting progress (%) |
Change on week | Change on year | Difference from 5-year average |
| Arkansas | 17 | 7 | -4 | |
| California | 15 | 5 | 2 | |
| Colorado | 74 | 13 | -11 | |
| Idaho | 73 | 14 | -5 | |
| Illinois | 28 | 13 | -1 | |
| Indiana | 31 | 15 | -2 | |
| Kansas | 44 | 20 | -12 | |
| Michigan | 33 | 10 | -15 | |
| Missouri | 25 | 17 | 4 | |
| Montana | 69 | 7 | -2 | |
| Nebraska | 81 | 19 | -4 | |
| North Carolina | 8 | 3 | -1 | |
| Ohio | 17 | 15 | -26 | |
| Oklahoma | 28 | 14 | -20 | |
| Oregon | 64 | 17 | 14 | |
| South Dakota | 78 | 7 | -4 | |
| Texas | 54 | 19 | -2 | |
| Washington | 92 | 9 | 8 | |
| 18 States | 51 | 15 | -7 | |