The USDA overnight revealed weekly data on the progress of US winter wheat plantings, for the 2027 harvest.
Investors had expected an 86% 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 | 54 | 25 | -5 | |
| California | 35 | 5 | 0 | |
| Colorado | 99 | 1 | 3 | |
| Idaho | 98 | 2 | 0 | |
| Illinois | 84 | 14 | 3 | |
| Indiana | 78 | 11 | 1 | |
| Kansas | 86 | 6 | -1 | |
| Michigan | 84 | 9 | 1 | |
| Missouri | 74 | 16 | 6 | |
| Montana | 95 | 5 | 1 | |
| Nebraska | 98 | 3 | 4 | |
| North Carolina | 43 | 19 | 6 | |
| Ohio | 88 | 20 | 2 | |
| Oklahoma | 62 | 11 | -17 | |
| Oregon | 95 | 5 | 7 | |
| South Dakota | 97 | 2 | 1 | |
| Texas | 77 | 7 | 2 | |
| Washington | 99 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 States | 83 | 7 | -1 | |