Corn planted area for all purposes in 2022 is estimated at 89.9 million acres, down 4 percent or 3.44 million acres from last year . Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be down or unchanged in 35 of the 48 estimating States. Area harvested for grain, at 81.9 million acres, is down 4 percent from last year.

Producers seeded 3.05 million acres of barley for the 2022 crop year, up 15 percent from the previous year. Harvested area, forecast at 2.40 million acres, is up 23 percent from 2021.

All wheat planted area for 2022 is estimated at 47.1 million acres, up 1 percent from 2021. If realized, this represents the fifth lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919. The 2022 winter wheat planted area, at 34.0 million acres, is up 1 percent from last year, but down 1 percent from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 23.5 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.86 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.61 million acres are White Winter.Area expected to be planted to other spring wheat for 2022 is estimated at 11.1 million acres, down 3 percent from 2021. Of this total, about 10.4 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2022 is expected to total 1.98 million acres, up 21 percent from the previous year.

Producers intend to harvest 51.5 million acres of all hay in 2022, up 2 percent from 2021. Alfalfa harvested acreage is expected to be 15.5 million acres, up 1 percent from 2021. All other hay (excluding alfalfa) is expected to be up 2 percent from last year, at 36.0 million acres.

Area planted to sugarbeets for the 2022 crop year is estimated at 1.18 million acres, up 2 percent from 2021. Harvested area is forecast at 1.15 million acres, up 3 percent from last year.

Area planted for dry edible beans in 2022 is estimated at 1.28 million acres, down 8 percent from last year. Area harvested is forecast to total 1.23 million acres, down 8 percent from last year.