Indiana Farmers Intend to Plant More Soybeans Than Corn Once Again in ’25

Indiana farmers intend to plant more corn and fewer soybeans compared to last year, according to Nathanial Warenski, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Indiana Field Office.

Acres intended for corn in Indiana are 5.40 million acres, up 4 percent from last year. Indiana producers intended to plant 5.70 million acres of soybeans, down 2 percent from last year. The winter wheat acreage seeded last fall for harvest in 2025 is estimated at 320,000 acres, up 3 percent from the crop seeded in the fall of 2023. Hay acres intended for dry hay harvest, at 520,000 acres, is up 8 percent from last year.

Nationally, corn planted area for all purposes in 2025 is estimated at 95.3 million acres, up 5 percent or 4.73 million acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 40 of the 48 estimating States.

U.S. soybean planted area for 2025 is estimated at 83.5 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is down or unchanged in 23 of the 29 estimating States.

Nationally, all wheat planted area for 2025 is estimated at 45.4 million acres, down 2 percent from 2024. If realized, this represents the second lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919. The 2025 winter wheat planted area, at 33.3 million acres, is down 2 percent from the previous estimate and down less than 1 percent from last year. Of this total, about 23.6 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.09 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.66 million acres are White Winter. Area expected to be planted to other spring wheat for 2025 is estimated at 10.0 million acres, down 6 percent from 2024 estimate. Of this total, about 9.40 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2025 is expected to total 2.02 million acres, down 2 percent from the previous year.