Planted acres move toward more corn

WASHINGTON — “I” state farmers switched to more corn and less soybean planted acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found in its June planted acres survey.

Illinois

Planted corn acres for all purposes is estimated at 11 million, 200,000 above 2024, with an anticipated 10.8 million acres harvested for grain.

Illinois farmers planted 10.5 million acres of soybeans, 300,000 below 2024, and 10.45 million harvested acres.

The Prairie State has 780,000 acres of winter wheat, 10,000 more than the previous year.

Indiana

The survey found Indiana planted 5.4 million acres of corn, 200,000 more than last year, and a projected 5.25 million harvested for grain.

Indiana’s planted soybean acres is estimated at 5.5 million acres, 300,000 less than a year ago, with 5.48 million harvested acres projected.

Winter wheat planted area is 320,000 acres, 10,000 lower than 2024.

Iowa

An estimated 13.5 million Iowa acres are in corn this year, compared to 12.9 million in 2024. Of those, 12.95 million is projected to be harvested for grain.

The USDA survey determined there is 9.5 million planted soybean acres in Iowa, a year-over-year drop of 550,000 acres, and a harvested area of 9.43 million.

Nationwide

U.S. corn planted area for all purposes in 2025 is estimated at 95.2 million acres, up 5% or 4.61 million acres from last year. This represents the third highest planted acreage in the nation since 1944.

Compared with last year, U.S. corn 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% from last year.

Soybean planted area in the United States for 2025 is estimated at 83.4 million acres, 4% below last year. Soybean planted acreage is down or unchanged in 25 of the 29 estimating states year-over-year.

U.S. all wheat planted area for 2025 is estimated at 45.5 million acres, down 1% from 2024.

The 2025 winter wheat planted area of 33.3 million acres is less than 1% below 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% 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, 2% higher than 2024.

Unplanted Acres

The USDA planted acres report noted estimates for a portion of the nation’s corn and soybean acres that were left unplanted when the survey was conducted between May 30 and June 16.

Nationally, corn left to be planted was 3.629 million acres. There were 11.545 million soybean acres yet to be planted.

Unplanted area when this report was issued a year ago found 3.356 million corn acres and 12.767 million anticipated soybean acres.

Biotechnology

Ninety-four percent of all corn acres planted in the United States are biotech varieties, the same as 2024.

Producers planted 96% of the soybean acreage using herbicide resistant seed varieties, matching 2024.

Survey Procedure

The estimates of planted and harvested acreages in this report are based primarily on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of June.

The June Agricultural Survey is a probability survey that includes a sample of approximately 67,700 farm operators selected from a list of producers that ensures all operations in the United States have a chance to be selected.

Data from operators was collected by mail, internet, or telephone to obtain information on planted and harvested acreage for the 2025 crop year.