On March 31, 2021, the USDA National Agricultural Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its 2021 Prospective Plantings Report.

Georgia Highlights from the report.

Corn planted is estimated at 480,000 acres, up 14 percent from 2020. Cotton planted intentions are up 1 percent from last year at 1.20 million acres. Peanuts are estimated at 790,000 acres, down 2 percent from 2020. Soybeans are estimated at 110,000 acres, a 10 percent increase from last year. Tobacco acreage at 7,000 acres is down 11 percent from last year. Winter wheat planted is estimated at 210,000 acres, up 11 percent from last year.

United States Highlights from the report.

Corn planted area for all purposes in 2021 is estimated at 91.1 million acres, up less than 1 percent or an increase of
325,000 acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 24 of the
48 estimating States.


Soybean planted area for 2021 is estimated at 87.6 million acres, up 5 percent from last year. Compared with last year,
planted acreage is up or unchanged in 23 of the 29 estimating States.


All wheat planted area for 2021 is estimated at 46.4 million acres, up 5 percent from 2020. This represents the fourth
lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919. The 2021 winter wheat planted area, at 33.1 million acres, is up 9 percent from last year and up 3 percent from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 23.2 million acres are
Hard Red Winter, 6.42 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.48 million acres are White Winter. Acres expected to be
planted to other spring wheat for 2021 is estimated at 11.7 million acres, down 4 percent from 2020. Of this total, about 10.9 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2021 is expected to total 1.54 million acres, down 9 percent from the previous year.


All cotton planted area for 2021 is estimated at 12.0 million acres, down less than 1 percent from last year. Upland area is estimated at 11.9 million acres, up slightly from 2020. American Pima area is estimated at 142,000 acres, down 30 percent from 2020.

The entire report can be found here.