July 15, 2026

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 95.3 million acres of corn planted in the U.S. for 2026, down 3 percent from last year, according to the Acreage report. Soybean area planted is estimated at 85.4 million acres, up 5 percent from last year.

Following up on the Prospective Plantings report released in March, NASS surveyed approximately 90,300 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 87.4 million acres of corn for grain, down 4 percent from 2025.

Ninety-two percent of all corn acres planted in the United States are biotech varieties, down from 2025.

Soybeans

Soybean harvested area for 2026 is estimated at 84.4 million acres, up 5 percent from last year.

Producers planted 95 percent of the soybean acreage using herbicide resistant seed varieties, down from 2025.

Cotton

All cotton planted area for 2026 is estimated at 9.85 million acres, 6 percent above 2025.

Upland cotton planted is estimated at 9.70 million acres, up 6 percent from last year.

American Pima planted area is estimated at 150,000 acres, up 6 percent from 2025.

Ninety-four percent of Upland cotton planted acres are biotech varieties, down 3 percentage points from last year.

Wheat

All wheat planted area for 2026 is estimated at 42.7 million acres, down 6 percent from last year.

Winter wheat planted area is estimated at 31.5 million acres, down 5 percent from 2025.

Other spring wheat planted area is estimated at 9.39 million acres, down 6 percent from 2025.

Durum wheat planted area is estimated at 1.83 million acres, down 16 percent from last year.

Today, NASS also released the quarterly Grain Stocks and Rice Stocks reports to provide estimates of on-farm and off-farm stocks as of June 1. Key findings in those reports include:

Grain Stocks

Corn stocks totaled 5.29 billion bushels, up 14 percent from the same time last year.

On-farm corn stocks were up 16 percent from a year ago, and off-farm stocks were up 12 percent.

Soybeans stored totaled 1.06 billion bushels, up 5 percent from June 1, 2025.

On-farm soybean stocks were down 11 percent from a year ago, while off-farm stocks were up 16 percent.

All wheat stored totaled 920 million bushels, up 8 percent from a year ago.

On-farm all wheat stocks were down 4 percent from last year, while off-farm stocks were up 11 percent.

Durum wheat stored totaled 33.5 million bushels, up 20 percent from June 1, 2025.

On-farm stocks of Durum wheat were up 32 percent from June 1, 2025.

Off-farm stocks of Durum wheat were up 8 percent from a year earlier.

Rice Stocks

Rough rice stocks totaled 74.8 million hundredweight, up 7 percent from June 1, 2025.

On-farm rice stocks were up 20 percent from a year ago, while off-farm stocks were up 5 percent.

Long grain rice varieties accounted for 73 percent of the total rough rice.