The United States anticipates a significant 13% increase in corn production by 2025 while soybean and cotton production decline.

U.S. agriculture faces a 2025 marked by contrasts: while corn production experiences significant growth of 13% compared to the previous year, soybean and cotton crops show declines of 2% and 8%, respectively. These data are derived from the Crop Production report published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Corn: a historic rebound Corn production stands at 16.8 billion bushels (about 426.7 million tons), which represents an increase of 13% from 2024. The average national yield is estimated at 186.7 bushels per acre (about 11,718 kilos per hectare), a figure 7.4 bushels (46.4 kilos) higher than last year, despite being 2.1 bushels (13.1 kilograms) lower than the forecast from the previous month. The total planted area amounts to 98.7 million acres (a surface area of about 39.9 million hectares), a 9% increase from last year, and the area intended for grain harvest stands at 90 million acres (about 36.4 million ...