Only 2 States Have More Than 25% of Their Corn Left to Plant

Just two of the top 18 corn-growing states have yet to plant at least 75% of this year’s corn crop, according to USDA’s Crop Progress report published June 2. Nationally, 93% of the U.S. corn crop has been planted.

Ohio

Ohio farmers are expected to plant 3.25 million acres of corn this year, said the National Agricultural Statistics Service in the March 31 Prospective Plantings report.

The latest Crop Progress report said 72% of this year’s corn crop had been planted by the week ended June 1. That’s 15 percentage points behind the five-year average. Last year at this time 88% of Ohio corn had been planted.

Less than half of the state’s corn crop had emerged, according to the report. Last year at this time 70% of Ohio corn was out of the ground.

USDA rated Ohio corn 2% very poor, 6% poor, 46% fair, 35% good, and 11% excellent.

Pennsylvania

According to the 2025 Prospective Plantings report, Pennsylvania farmers are expected to plant 970,000 acres of corn this year.

The latest Crop Progress report said 64% of the Pennsylvania corn crop had been planted by the week ended June 1. That’s 13 percentage points behind the five-year average. Last year at this time 68% of the state’s corn crop had been planted.

USDA reported 41% of Pennsylvania corn had emerged. The five-year average is 46%. Last year at this time 38% of corn in the state was out of the ground.

Pennsylvania corn was rated 5% poor, 11% fair, 62% good, and 22% excellent. There was no corn rated very poor.

Other States

Corn planting progress was more than 90% complete in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.