USDA Reports Summary

By DTN Staff

This article was originally published at 11:04 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, March 31. It was last updated with additional information at 11:11 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, March 31.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn and 84.7 million acres of soybeans in 2026, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service said on Tuesday. Both are within the range of pre-report expectations, although the corn estimate is toward the high end, while soybeans are toward the low end.

USDA released its Prospective Plantings and quarterly Grain Stocks reports on Tuesday.

Stay tuned throughout the morning and refresh this page often. We will be sending a series of updates with the important highlights from Tuesday's reports, including commentary from our analysts.

You can also view the full reports here:

-- Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks: https://www.nass.usda.gov/…

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QUARTERLY STOCKS (million bushels)
	3/1/26	Avg	High	Low	3/1/25	12/1/25
Corn	9,024	9,088	9,378	8,575	8,147	13,282
Soybeans	2,105	2,077	2,125	1,925	1,911	3,290
Wheat	1,300	1,305	1,336	1,270	1,237	1,675
PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS
ACREAGE (million acres)					USDA
	3/31/26	Avg	High	Low	2025
Corn	95.338	94.481	96.0	92.6	98.788
Soybeans	84.700	85.463	86.5	84.0	81.215
All Wheat	43.775	44.605	46.6	43.1	45.328
Winter	32.410	32.732	33.3	31.9	33.153
Spring	9.415	9.681	11.0	8.2	9.990
Durum	1.950	2.037	2.3	1.6	2.185

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