Planting of the 2026/27 U.S. soybean crop has reached 79% of the projected area, after advancing 12 percentage points in one week, according to data from [source missing]. Department of Agriculture (USDA), collected until Sunday (24). In the same period last year, planting was at 75%; on average over the last five years, at 68%. The USDA It is projected that U.S. producers will plant 34.27 million hectares of soybeans this season, a 4% increase compared to the previous cycle. Furthermore, 49% of the area has already reached the emergence stage, a rate in line with last year's 48%, but ahead of the multi-year average of 40%.

Corn

Planting of the 2026/27 corn crop progressed 10 percentage points last week, reaching 86% of the estimated area (38.58 million hectares), a pace in line with that recorded at the same point in the previous cycle, but ahead of the multi-year average (83%). Furthermore, 60% of the area has already reached the emergence phase, compared to 65% in the previous season and 58% on average over the last five years.

Cotton

Cotton planting advanced 12 percentage points last week, reaching 53% of the estimated area – a slightly ahead pace compared to the previous season (50%) and equal to the multi-year average (53%).

Wheat

Regarding winter wheat, 73% of the crops have reached the tillering stage (weekly progress of 2 pp), compared to 78% in the same period of the last harvest and 70% on average over the last five years. Of the cultivated area, 26% of the crops are in good and excellent condition – a decrease of 1 pp compared to the level observed in the previous week and well below the 50% of the same period last year. Furthermore, 30% are in fair condition and 44% in poor and very poor condition. Spring wheat planting has reached 86% of the projected area – ahead of the normal average (79%) – after advancing 13 pp in one week. At the same time last season, sowing was at 86%. In addition, 58% of the spring wheat area has reached the emergence stage, compared to 51% on average over the last five years.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.