Corn Planted Acreage Up 5% From 2024, Soybean Acreage Down 4% From Last Year

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 95.2 million acres of corn planted in the United States for 2025, up 5% from last year, according to the Acreage report released today. Soybean area planted is estimated at 83.4 million acres, down 4% from last year.

Following up on the Prospective Plantings report released in March, NASS surveyed approximately 67,700 farm operators during the first two weeks of June to gather information on what farmers actually planted. Key findings released in the Acreage report include:

Corn

• Growers expect to harvest 86.8 million acres of corn for grain, up 5% from 2024.
• Ninety-four percent of all corn acres planted in the United States are biotech varieties, the same as 2024.