Corn Planted Acreage Down 4 Percent from 2021
Soybean Acreage Up 4 Percent
All Wheat Acreage Up 1 Percent
All Cotton Acreage Up 9 Percent

Corn planted area for all purposes in 2022 is estimated at 89.5 million acres, down 4 percent or 3.87 million acres from
last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be down or unchanged in 43 of the 48 estimating States.
Soybean planted area for 2022 is estimated at a record 91.0 million acres, up 4 percent from last year. Compared with last
year, planted acreage is up or unchanged in 24 of the 29 estimating States.
All wheat planted area for 2022 is estimated at 47.4 million acres, up 1 percent from 2021. If realized, this represents the
fifth lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919. The 2022 winter wheat planted area, at 34.2 million acres,
is up 2 percent from last year but down less than 1 percent from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 23.7 million
acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.89 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.62 million acres are White Winter. Area
expected to be planted to other spring wheat for 2022 is estimated at 11.2 million acres, down 2 percent from 2021. Of
this total, about 10.5 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2022 is expected to total
1.92 million acres, up 17 percent from the previous year.