The USDA's 2025 Prospective Plantings report estimates U.S. wheat acreage for all purposes at 45.4 million acres, marking a 4.5% decline from the previous year and compared with market expectations of 46.50 million. That was the second-lowest level on record. source: US Department of Agriculture

Prospective Plantings Wheat in the United States averaged 48.57 Million Acres from 1964 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 77.55 Million Acres in 1990 and a record low of 11.60 Million Acres in 1966. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Prospective Plantings - Wheat. United States Prospective Plantings - Wheat - 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 - Wheat
2024 47.498M 49.855M 47.33M
2025-03-31 04:00 PM
Prospective Plantings - Wheat
2025 45.35M 47.498M 46.50M
2026-03-31 04:00 PM
Prospective Plantings - Wheat
2026


United States Prospective Plantings - Wheat
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
45.35 47.50 77.55 11.60 1964 - 2025 Million Acres Yearly
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