According to USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report released today, corn planted area for all purposes in 2024 is estimated at 90.0 million acres, down 5 percent or 4.61 million acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be down or unchanged in 38 of the 48 estimating States.
Soybean planted area for 2024 is estimated at 86.5 million acres, up 3 percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is up or unchanged in 24 of the 29 estimating States.
All wheat planted area for 2024 is estimated at 47.5 million acres, down 4 percent from 2023 for comparable States. The 2024 winter wheat planted area, at 34.1 million acres, is down 7 percent from last year and down 1 percent from the previous estimate for comparable States. Of this total, about 24.3 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.26 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.59 million acres are White Winter.
Area expected to be planted to other spring wheat for 2024 is estimated at 11.3 million acres, up 1 percent from 2023. Of this total, about 10.7 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2024 is expected to total 2.03 million acres, up 22 percent from the previous year for comparable States.
Corn:
Minnesota ………. 7.9 million acres, down 8% from last year
North Dakota ……. 3.8 million acres, down 6% from last year
South Dakota ……. 6 million acres, down 5% from last year
Soybeans:
Minnesota ………. 7.5 million acres, up 2% from last year
North Dakota ……. 6.9 million acres, up 11% from last year
South Dakota ……. 5.2 million acres, up 2% from last year
Other Spring Wheat:
Minnesota ………. 1.6 million acres, up 23% from last year
North Dakota ……. 5.3 million acres, down 5% from last year
South Dakota ……. 850-thousand acres, up 15% from last year
Montana ………… 2.7 million acres, unchanged from last year
Durum:
North Dakota ……. 1.1 million acres, up 22% from last year
Montana ………… 850-thousand acres, up 21% from last year
Canola:
North Dakota …….. 1.8 million acres, down 7% from last year
Sunflower (all types)
North Dakota ……. 440-thousand acres, down 23% from last year
South Dakota ……. 652-thousand acres, down 29% from last year
See the complete report HERE.
The Prospective Plantings report provides the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ 2024 planting intentions. NASS’s acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of nearly 72,000 farm operators across the nation.
USDA
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