By Wendiam Sawadgo
Farmers across the United States planted an estimated 1.9 million acres of peanuts in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Acreage report released on June 30th. If realized, this would mark a 100,000 acre increase over last year’s value and would be the largest peanut plantings since 1991 (Figure 1). This is also the third consecutive year of peanut acreage increases, up from just 1.45 million acres in 2022. Low competing row-crop prices especially cotton prices being below 70 cents per lb. is one factor that made peanuts a somewhat more-favorable alternative in 2025.
