USDA Expects 4% Less Corn Area
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/22 - SNS -- 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, according to the USDA seeding intentions estimates.
Planted acreage for 2022 is expected to be down or unchanged from 2021 in 43 of the 48 estimating States. Record high acreage is expected in Nevada and South Dakota. Record low acreage is expected in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Acreage decreases from last year of 200,000 or more are expected in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Corn Area Planted - States and United States: 2020-2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted State :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 1/ : Percent of : : : : previous year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent : Alabama ............: 330 355 300 85 Arizona ............: 75 95 90 95 Arkansas ...........: 620 850 750 88 California .........: 440 420 410 98 Colorado ...........: 1,420 1,380 1,450 105 Connecticut ........: 24 24 23 96 Delaware ...........: 180 175 170 97 Florida ............: 100 95 80 84 Georgia ............: 420 480 430 90 Idaho ..............: 390 380 350 92 : Illinois ...........: 11,300 11,000 10,700 97 Indiana ............: 5,400 5,400 5,100 94 Iowa ...............: 13,600 12,900 12,600 98 Kansas .............: 6,100 5,700 5,400 95 Kentucky ...........: 1,470 1,550 1,550 100 Louisiana ..........: 500 580 500 86 Maine ..............: 30 30 28 93 Maryland ...........: 480 470 460 98 Massachusetts ......: 14 14 14 100 Michigan ...........: 2,350 2,350 2,250 96 : Minnesota ..........: 8,000 8,400 7,800 93 Mississippi ........: 510 730 610 84 Missouri ...........: 3,450 3,600 3,500 97 Montana ............: 115 120 115 96 Nebraska ...........: 10,200 9,900 9,700 98 Nevada .............: 13 15 15 100 New Hampshire ......: 13 13 13 100 New Jersey .........: 80 78 76 97 New Mexico .........: 125 120 125 104 New York ...........: 1,030 1,050 1,030 98 : North Carolina .....: 990 960 930 97 North Dakota .......: 1,950 4,100 3,600 88 Ohio ...............: 3,550 3,550 3,350 94 Oklahoma ...........: 360 340 380 112 Oregon .............: 100 95 90 95 Pennsylvania .......: 1,500 1,330 1,230 92 Rhode Island .......: 2 2 2 100 South Carolina .....: 390 400 320 80 South Dakota .......: 4,900 6,150 6,200 101 Tennessee ..........: 860 1,020 970 95 : Texas ..............: 2,250 2,150 2,200 102 Utah ...............: 85 70 60 86 Vermont ............: 85 85 85 100 Virginia ...........: 560 520 450 87 Washington .........: 195 165 140 85 West Virginia ......: 51 51 49 96 Wisconsin ..........: 3,950 4,000 3,700 93 Wyoming ............: 95 95 95 100 : United States ......: 90,652 93,357 89,490 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Intended plantings in 2022 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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