The USDA's 2025 Prospective Plantings report estimates U.S. corn acreage for all purposes at 95.3 million acres, marking a 5.9% increase from the previous year and compared with market expectations of 94.35 million. source: US Department of Agriculture

Prospective Plantings Corn in the United States averaged 82.56 Million Acres from 1964 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 97.30 Million Acres in 2013 and a record low of 66.90 Million Acres in 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Prospective Plantings - Corn. United States Prospective Plantings - Corn - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-03-28 04:00 PM
Prospective Plantings - Corn
2024 90.036M 91.996M 91.776M
2025-03-31 04:00 PM
Prospective Plantings - Corn
2025 95.326M 90.036M 94.35M
2026-03-31 04:00 PM
Prospective Plantings - Corn
2026


United States Prospective Plantings - Corn
The USDA's Prospective Plantings report contains the expected plantings and last year's harvest for principal crops and tobacco presented on a state basis. Principal crops are as follows: corn, all wheat, winter wheat, durum wheat, other spring wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed, cotton, rice, all sorghum, sweet potatoes, dry edible beans, soybeans, sunflower, peanuts, sugarbeets, canola, and proso millet.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
95.33 90.04 97.30 66.90 1964 - 2025 Million Acres Yearly
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