Crop planting stats mixed

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated 91.5 million acres of corn planted in the United States for 2024, down 3 percent from last year, according to the acreage report released recently.
Soybean area planted is estimated at 86.1 million acres, up 3 percent from last year.
Following up on the Prospective Plantings report released in March, NASS surveyed approximately 9,000 segments of land and nearly 64,000 farm operators during the first two weeks of June to gather information on what farmers actually planted. Key findings released in the Acreage report include:
Corn
Growers expect to harvest 91.5 million acres of corn for grain, down 3 percent from 2023.
Ninety-four percent of all corn acres planted in the United States are biotech varieties, up from 93 percent in 2023.
Soybeans
Soybean harvested area for 2024 is estimated at 86.1 million acres, up 3 percent from last year.
Producers planted 96 percent of the soybean acreage using herbicide resistant seed varieties, up one percentage point from 2023.
Wheat
All wheat planted area for 2024 is estimated at 47.2 million acres, down 5 percent from last year.
Winter wheat planted area is estimated at 33.8 million acres, down 8 percent from 2023. Other spring wheat planted area is estimated at 11.3 million acres, up 1 percent from 2023.
Durum wheat planted area is estimated at 2.17 million acres, up 29 percent from last year.