Ag Informer – USDA Adjusts Planted Acres Report

Washington – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 94.1 million acres of corn planted in the United States for 2023, up 6% from last year, according to the Acreage report released today. Soybean area planted is estimated at 83.5 million acres, down 5% from last year.

Following up on the Prospective Plantings report released in March, NASS surveyed approximately 9,100 segments of land and nearly 64,000 farm operators during the first two weeks of June to gather information on what farmers actually planted. Key findings released in the Acreage report include:

Corn
• Growers expect to harvest 86.3 million acres of corn for grain, up 9% from 2022.
• 93% of all corn acres planted in the United States are biotech varieties, unchanged from 2022.

Soybeans
• Soybean harvested area for 2023 is estimated at 82.7 million acres, down 4% from 2022.
• Producers planted 95% of the soybean acreage using herbicide resistant seed varieties, unchanged from 2022.

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