USDA Acreage Report

Corn Planted Acreage Up 5 Percent from 2024

Soybean Acreage Down 4 Percent

All Wheat Acreage Down 1 Percent

All Cotton Acreage Down 10 Percent

Corn planted area for all purposes in 2025 is estimated at 95.2 million acres, up 5 percent or 4.61 million acres from last year. This represents the third highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 41 of the 48 estimating States. Area harvested for grain, at 86.8 million acres, is up 5 percent from last year.

Soybean planted area for 2025 is estimated at 83.4 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is down or unchanged in 25 of the 29 estimating States.

All wheat planted area for 2025 is estimated at 45.5 million acres, down 1 percent from 2024. The 2025 winter wheat planted area, at 33.3 million acres, is down less than 1 percent from last year but up slightly from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 23.6 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.10 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.67 million acres are White Winter. Area planted to other spring wheat for 2025 is estimated at 10.0 million acres, down 5 percent from the 2024 estimate. Of this total, about 9.44 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2025 is estimated at 2.11 million acres, up 2 percent from the previous year. 

All cotton planted area for 2025 is estimated at 10.1 million acres, down 10 percent from last year. Upland area is estimated at 9.95 million acres, down 9 percent from 2024. American Pima area is estimated at 171,000 acres, down 17 percent from 2024.