This full-text annual report presents acreage by planted and/or harvested areas by state for corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower, flaxseed, canola, rapeseed, safflower, mustard seed, cotton, dry beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sugarbeets, alfalfa hay, tobacco, and sugarcane. Starting in 2000, genetically modified plants are reported for selected crops. The Acreage report is a supplement to Crop Production, and the 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989 issues of Acreage are included in the July Crop Production report itself.

This report provides a complete look at plantings for the upcoming summer crops, a key component in determining production for the year. The data is based on surveys collected from growers during the first two weeks of June, a when most have completed or have nearly completed planting. In most years this provides a reliable indicator for planted acreage for the season.* The USDA will use this data in their monthly Supply/Demand (WASDE) projections for the coming year’s production.

Analysts watch the June Acreage numbers to see how they differ from the Prospective Plantings estimates that were reported in March, as that will affect production estimates. Changes to the acreage number (and therefore production estimates) will be included in the USDA’s July Supply/Demand (WASDE) report.

* In 2019, an unusually cold and wet spring in the US Midwest delayed plantings to an extent that the USDA was compelled to resurvey growers later in the summer.