Soybeans Rise to Record in U.S. Planting Intentions for 2022

By Shelby Myers

American Farm Bureau Federation

USDA published its annual survey-based Prospective Plantings report on March 31, giving the first look at what U.S. farmers intend to plant for principal crops in 2022. The report estimates that as of March 1, U.S. farmers intend to plant a record 91 million acres of soybeans, 89.5 million acres of corn, 47.4 million acres of wheat and 12.2 million acres of cotton.

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