Planting of the 2026/27 U.S. soybean crop has reached 95% of the projected area, after advancing 3 percentage points in one week, according to data from [source missing]. Department of Agriculture (USDA), collected until Sunday (14). In the same period last year and on average over the last five years, planting was at 93%. The USDA It is projected that US producers will plant 34.27 million hectares of soybeans this season, a 4% increase compared to the previous cycle. This number will be revised and consolidated in the planted area report, scheduled for release on the 30th of this month. Furthermore, 88% of the area has already reached the emergence stage, a pace ahead of last year's (83%) and the multi-year average (82%). Regarding crop conditions, 66% were classified as good/excellent – 1 percentage point higher than the previous week and in line with the same period last season. Of the remainder, 28% were rated as fair and 6% as poor/very poor.
Corn
The planting of the 2026/27 corn crop was completed last week. The first planting intention report indicates that 38.58 million hectares were sown, a number that should also be revised on the 30th. Of the planted area, 94% has already reached the emergence phase, a pace slightly ahead of the 93% observed in the previous season and the average of the last five harvests. The weekly progress was 8 percentage points. Regarding crop conditions, 68% were classified as good/excellent – 1 percentage point above that recorded in the previous week, but below the 72% of the last season. Of the remainder, 26% were rated as fair and 6% as poor/very poor.
Cotton
Cotton planting advanced 9 percentage points last week, reaching 86% of the estimated area – ahead of the previous season (84%), but behind the multi-year average (88%). Additionally, 19% reached the square formation stage and 3% the boll formation stage.
Winter wheat
Regarding winter wheat, 95% of the crops have reached the tillering stage (weekly progress of 3 percentage points), compared to 92% in the same period of the last harvest and 91% on average over the last five years. Harvesting has reached 25% of the cultivated area, well ahead of the multi-year average of 13%. Of the crops still remaining in the field, 27% are in good and excellent condition – an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the previous week, but still well below the 52% of the same period last year. Furthermore, 28% are in fair condition and 45% are in poor and very poor condition.
Spring wheat
Spring wheat planting was completed last week, with 95% of the crops already emerged and 4% in the tillering stage. Regarding crop conditions, areas classified as good/excellent represent 55% of the total (up 3 percentage points), close to the 57% of the last season. Furthermore, 39% are classified as fair and 6% as poor/very poor.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.