Planting of the 2026/27 US soybean crop reached 12% of the projected area, after advancing 6 percentage points in a week, according to data from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) collected through Sunday (19). At the same time last year, planting was at 7%; the average for the last five years is 6%. USDA It is projected that U.S. producers will plant 34.27 million hectares with soybeans this season, a 4% increase compared to the previous cycle.
Corn
Planting of the 2026/27 corn crop also progressed 6 percentage points last week, reaching 11% of the estimated area (38.58 million hectares), a pace in line with the previous cycle and slightly ahead of the multi-year average (9%). Furthermore, 4% of the area has already reached the emergence phase, compared to 2% in the previous season and the average of the last five years.
Cotton
Cotton planting advanced 4 percentage points last week, reaching 11% of the estimated area – a slightly ahead pace compared to the previous season and the multi-year average (10%).
Wheat
Regarding winter wheat, 20% of the crops have reached the heading stage (weekly progress of 9 percentage points), compared to 14% at the same time last season and 12% on average over the last five years. Of the cultivated area, 30% of the crops are in good to excellent condition – compared to 34% last week and 45% at the same point in the previous cycle. Furthermore, 37% are in fair condition and 33% in poor to very poor condition. Spring wheat planting has reached 12% of the projected area – the same pace seen on average over the last five years – after advancing 6 percentage points in one week. At the same time last season, planting was at 16%.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.