🌽 Corn is America’s Most Harvested Crop by Acreage

What We’re Showing

This graphic breaks down the most harvested crops in the U.S., by acres reaped in 2023. Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Key Takeaways

• By acreage, corn, soybean and hay are the most grown crops in America.
• Their fields together account for 75% of all harvested cropland in the country, an area bigger than Texas.
• Corn crops could (almost) cover Montana by themselves, soybean could blanket New Mexico, and hay could spread over Kansas.
• Importantly all three crops are a key ingredient of animal feed; though corn is also used for biofuels and manufacturing high fructose corn syrup.