By Audrey Jackson
Progressive Farmer reported, “U.S. farmers planted 95.3 million acres of corn and 85.4 million acres of soybeans in spring 2026, USDA said on Tuesday, unchanged from March’s estimate and within the range of pre-report estimates.”
“Tuesday’s USDA Acreage estimates were neutral for corn, neutral for soybeans and slightly bullish for wheat, said DTN Lead Analyst Rhett Montgomery,” Progressive Farmer reported. “Tuesday’s Grain Stocks estimates from USDA were neutral for corn, neutral for soybeans and neutral for wheat, he said.”
American Ag Network’s Jesse Allen reported that, “the corn number was slightly higher than pre-report estimates and USDA’s March figure of 95.338 while the soybean number was slightly below the pre-report average but above USDA’s March figure of 84.700 million acres. USDA says all-wheat acreage came in at 42.740 million acres, below the average trade guess and USDA’s March number of 43.775 million. All cotton acreage came in at 9.850 million acres, higher than the pre-report estimate and the USDA March figure of 9.640 million acres.”
“On the grain stocks side, USDA says corn stocks are up 14 Percent from June 2025, soybeans stocks are up five percent and all wheat stocks are up eight percent,” Allen reported.
Source : illinois.edu