Corn Area Rises 3%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS -- Farmers in the United States planted 92.0 million acres of corn this year, up 3% or 2.31 million acres from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 98% of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview, higher than the 10-year average. Record low planted area is estimated in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, while record high planted area is estimated in Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon.
Farmers say 92% of this year's corn acreage was planted with biotechnology seed varieties, unchanged from last year. Biotechnology seed includes traits for insect resistance (Bt), herbicide resistance, or stacked gene which contains traits for both herbicide and insect resistance.
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain - States and United States:
2019 and 2020
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 320 370 305 355
Arizona .........: 90 95 37 35
Arkansas ........: 770 640 725 625
California ......: 460 420 60 50
Colorado ........: 1,550 1,600 1,300 1,300
Connecticut 2/ ..: 23 23 (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 185 175 180 170
Florida .........: 90 80 54 45
Georgia .........: 395 390 350 345
Idaho ...........: 385 350 148 130
:
Illinois ........: 10,500 10,900 10,200 10,700
Indiana .........: 5,000 5,400 4,820 5,250
Iowa ............: 13,500 14,000 13,050 13,550
Kansas ..........: 6,400 6,100 6,020 5,750
Kentucky ........: 1,550 1,550 1,450 1,430
Louisiana .......: 570 580 545 565
Maine 2/ ........: 29 27 (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 510 500 460 455
Massachusetts 2/ : 14 13 (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 2,000 2,300 1,610 1,940
:
Minnesota .......: 7,800 8,100 7,250 7,650
Mississippi .....: 660 550 620 530
Missouri ........: 3,200 3,500 2,990 3,350
Montana .........: 115 130 60 75
Nebraska ........: 10,100 9,800 9,810 9,450
Nevada 2/ .......: 15 17 (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 2/ : 12 12 (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 77 90 68 84
New Mexico ......: 145 130 46 30
New York ........: 1,020 1,000 545 495
:
North Carolina ..: 990 1,020 930 960
North Dakota ....: 3,500 2,400 3,130 2,200
Ohio ............: 2,800 3,600 2,570 3,400
Oklahoma ........: 370 420 330 370
Oregon ..........: 80 85 48 45
Pennsylvania ....: 1,450 1,470 1,060 1,000
Rhode Island 2/ .: 2 2 (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 380 390 350 360
South Dakota ....: 4,350 5,400 3,870 4,920
Tennessee .......: 970 950 910 900
:
Texas ...........: 2,500 2,400 2,150 2,000
Utah ............: 85 95 26 30
Vermont 2/ ......: 81 81 (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 540 520 380 375
Washington ......: 170 200 90 115
West Virginia ...: 52 46 38 32
Wisconsin .......: 3,800 4,000 2,670 2,900
Wyoming .........: 95 85 67 57
:
United States ...: 89,700 92,006 81,322 84,023
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Area harvested for grain not estimated.
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