Planting of the 2026/27 U.S. soybean crop has been completed, after advancing 5 percentage points in one week, according to data from Department of Agriculture (USDA), collected until Sunday (21). The USDA projects that US producers planted 34.27 million hectares with soybeans in the current season, a 4% increase compared to the previous cycle. This number will be revised and consolidated in the planted area report, scheduled to be released next Tuesday (30). Of the planted area, 93% has already reached the emergence phase, a pace ahead of that observed last year (89%) and the multi-year average (90%). In addition, 9% is already in the flowering phase, compared to 6% on average. As for crop conditions, 66% were classified as good/excellent – the same percentage recorded in the previous week and in line with that observed at the same time last season. Of the remainder, 28% were rated as fair and 6% as poor/very poor.
Corn
In the case of corn, 97% of the planted area has already reached the emergence stage, a pace in line with the previous season and the average of the last five years. Furthermore, 5% of the crops are already in the silking stage, slightly ahead of the previous harvest (4%) and the normal average (3%). The first planting intention report indicates that 38.58 million hectares have been sown, a number that should also be revised on the 30th. Regarding crop conditions, 68% were classified as good/excellent – the same percentage recorded in the previous week, but below the 70% of the last season. Of the remainder, 26% were assessed as fair and 6% as poor/very poor.
Cotton
Cotton planting advanced 5 percentage points last week, reaching 92% of the estimated area – ahead of the previous season (91%), but behind the multi-year average (94%). Furthermore, 27% reached the square formation stage and 5% the boll formation stage. Of the area sown so far, 53% is classified as good/excellent, compared to 50% the previous week and 47% last year. Of the remainder, 34% is in fair condition and 13% in poor condition.
Winter wheat
Regarding winter wheat, the harvest has reached 40% of the cultivated area, well ahead of the multi-year average of 24%. Of the crops that remain in the field, 26% are in good and excellent condition – down 1 percentage point compared to the previous week and well below the 49% observed at the same time last year. Furthermore, 28% are in fair condition and 46% are in poor and very poor condition.
Spring wheat
In the case of spring wheat, 15% of the crops are in the tillering stage, a rate slightly behind the 16% observed both in the last harvest and in the average of the last five years. Regarding crop conditions, areas classified as good/excellent represent 54% of the total (a decrease of 1 percentage point), in line with what was observed in the previous season. Furthermore, 40% are classified as fair and 6% as poor/very poor.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.