NASS June briefing: U.S. principal crops near 311 million acres; corn area rises, soybean area falls; grain stocks mixed

Anthony Pryin, acting chief of the NASS Crops Branch, presented the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s June acreage and grain-stocks estimates, saying the U.S. principal-crops total for 2025 is about 310.8 million acres and that planting conditions this spring were generally favorable.

“The principal crops total for 2025 is estimated at nearly 311 million acres,” Pryin said, and he noted that figure is up about 0.3% (roughly 899,000 acres) from the March intentions but down approximately 0.1% (about 370,000 acres) from 2024. Pryin attributed the estimates to two surveys: the June Agricultural Survey (a farmer-reported survey with a sample of nearly 68,000, collected May 30–June 16) and the All-Farm Grain Stocks Survey (about 7,900 commercial facilities, data collected June 3–16).

On specific crops, Pryin said corn planted area is estimated at about 95.22 million acres — down roughly 120,000 acres from March intentions but up about 5.1% (4.61 million acres) from 2024 — with harvested acres for grain forecast at about 86.8 million acres. He said 3.63 million acres of the corn-planted estimate were reported as left to be planted during data collection.

“Farmers reported that 3.63 million acres of corn and 11.5 million acres of soybeans were left to be planted during the time of data collection,” Pryin said, describing planting progress charts that compared this season with recent years.

Soybean planted acreage was reported at about 83.4 million acres, down roughly 115,000 acres from March and down about 4.2% (3.67 million acres) from 2024; harvested acreage was forecast at about 82.5 million acres. Pryin said the combined corn-and-soybean planted area totaled about 178.6 million acres, a slight decline (about 238,000 acres, or 0.1%) from March intentions, and he flagged several states that set record combined acreage levels.

Among other principal crops, Pryin said U.S. cotton planted acreage is estimated at about 10.1 million acres (up from March but down about 9.5% from 2024), winter wheat planted area at about 33.3 million acres (harvested acres lowered to about 24.88 million), and rice planted area at about 2.68 million acres (down about 7.8% from 2024). He ran through many smaller crops and highlighted record highs and lows where applicable.

Turning to stocks, Pryin said all-wheat stocks on June 1 totaled about 851 million bushels, up about 22.1% from the prior June, with on-farm stocks up roughly 32% and off-farm stocks up about 19.6%. June 1 corn stocks were estimated at about 4.64 billion bushels (down about 7.1% year over year), and June 1 soybean stocks at about 1.01 billion bushels (up about 3.9% year over year). NASS also reported rough rice stocks of about 69.7 million hundredweight, up about 14.7% from the prior June.

Lance Honig, chair of the Agricultural Statistics Board at NASS, opened the briefing and reminded attendees of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical release guidance that restricts public comment by policymaking officials within 30 minutes of a principal economic indicator release; he said NASS will not take public questions during the briefing but will field questions by phone and email and hold a social media event at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

The briefing materials and the official published estimates are available on the NASS website; Pryin listed upcoming NASS releases in July, including the next crop production report on July 11 and agricultural prices on July 31. The briefing concluded with a reminder about the social media Q&A.