USDA Says Corn Acres Up 5% in 2025

U.S. farmers will plant nearly 5 million more corn acres in 2025 compared with last year. In its 2025 Prospective Plantings report released Monday (March 31, 2025), the agency pegged corn acres for the 2025/2026 crop year at 95.3 million. This was up 5% from last year and above the average trade expectation. Soybean acres projected below last year at 83.5 million acres, below last year and the average trade expectation. Wheat acres were also pegged lower year-over-year at 45.4 million acres, below the trade expectation of 46.5. USDA also released the quarterly Grain Stocks report today. Corn stocks were in line with the average trade expectation and lower year-over-year. Soybeans and wheat, however, were higher than the average trade expectations and higher year-over-year. Jeremy McCann, account manager with Farmer’s Keeper, told Successful Farming, “Immediately after the report, old crop corn and wheat seem to be the only markets getting a positive bounce.”