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GA peanut and corn acres expected to increase while cotton drops

Georgia farmers are expected to plant more acres of peanuts and corn in 2025, while cotton acres are forecast to decline, according to the 2025 Prospective Plantings Report the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service released March 31. Acres planted to winter wheat last fall is up from 2024 but down from 2023.

Peanut growers are expected to plant 950,000 acres, up 12% from the 850,000 acres they planted in 2024. Georgia growers planted 775,000 acres in 2023.

Producers are expected to plant 420,000 acres of corn this year, up 12% from the 375,000 acres planted last year. Georgia growers planted 485,000 acres in 2023.

Cotton growers are reporting they will plant 1 million acres, down 9% from the 1.1 million acres they planted the past two years.

Georgia farmers reported that they planted 170,000 acres in winter wheat, up 17% from 2024 when they planted 145,000 acres but less than the 195,000 acres planted in 2023. 

Soybean growers indicate they will plant 170,000 acres this year, the same acreage they planted in 2024, but up from the 160,000 acres planted in 2023.

Hay producers expect to cut 470,000 acres of hay this year, down 2% from the 480,000 cut in 2024. In 2023, Georgia hay producers cut 510,000 acres.

Georgia farmers reported that they planted 70,000 acres of oats, up 8% from the 65,000 acres they planted in 2024. They planted 55,000 acres in 2023.

USDA discontinued collecting estimates for Georgia’s tobacco crop in 2024.

Total acres of peanuts planted in the U.S. for 2025 is expected to be 1.95 million, up 8% from the 1.8 million planted nationwide in 2024. In 2023 1.645 million acres were planted.

Nationwide, the 2025 estimated corn planted acreage for all purposes is 95.3 million acres, up 5% or 4.73 million acres from 2024. Compared to last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 40 of the 48 states that report estimated corn acreage.

U.S. cotton growers are expected to plant 9.87 million acres, down 12% from last year. Upland cotton acreage is estimated at 9.71 million acres, down 12% from 2024. American Pima acreage is estimated at 157,000 acres, down 24% from 2024.

Nationwide, farmers are expected to plant 83.5 million acres of soybeans, down 4% from 2024. Planted acreage is down or unchanged from 2024 in 23 of the 29 states that report estimated soybean acreage.

All wheat planted in the U.S. is estimated at 45.4 million acres, down 2% from last year. If this forecast proves true, this will be the second lowest acreage for all types of wheat since records began in 1919. The nationwide 2025 winter wheat planted acreage at 33.3 million is down less than 1% from 2024. Acreage expected to be planted in spring wheat this year is estimated at 10 million acres, down 6% from 2024.

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