Corn Planted Acreage Down 2 Percent from 2014
Soybean Acreage Up 1 Percent
All Wheat Acreage Down 3 Percent
All Cotton Acreage Down 13 Percent
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2015 is estimated at 89.2 million
acres, down 2 percent from last year. If realized, this will be the third
consecutive year of an acreage decline and would be the lowest planted
acreage in the United States since 2010.
Soybean planted area for 2015 is estimated at a record high 84.6 million
acres, up 1 percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage
intentions are up or unchanged in 21 of the 31 major producing States.
All wheat planted area for 2015 is estimated at 55.4 million acres, down
3 percent from 2014. The 2015 winter wheat planted area, at 40.8 million
acres, is down 4 percent from last year but up less than 1 percent from the
previous estimate. Of this total, about 29.6 million acres are Hard Red
Winter, 7.75 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.43 million acres are
White Winter. Area planted to other spring wheat for 2015 is estimated at
13.0 million acres, down slightly from 2014. Of this total, about
12.1 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. The intended Durum planted area
for 2015 is estimated at 1.65 million acres, up 18 percent from the previous
year.
All cotton planted area for 2015 is estimated at 9.55 million acres,
13 percent below last year. Upland area is estimated at 9.40 million acres,
down 13 percent from 2014. American Pima area is estimated at 150,000 acres,
down 22 percent from 2014.
