| 1997 Planted acreage | Change 1997 over 1996 | 1997 Planted acreage | Change 1997 over 1996 | ||
| (million ha.) | (percentage) | (million ha) | (percentage) | ||
| Coarse grains | Other Crops | ||||
| Wheat | 28.00 | -8.5 | |||
| Maize | 32.95 | 2.4 | - winter | (19.52) | (-7.2) |
| Sorghum | 4.40 | -17.6 | - spring | (8.48) | (-11.4) |
| Oats | 2.14 | 13.5 | Rice | 1.17 | 2.2 |
| Barley | 2.85 | 1.8 | Soybean | 27.84 | 7.2 |
| All cotton | 5.86 | -1.2 | |||
| TOTAL | 42.34 | 0.1 | Sunflowerseed | 1.24 | 19.8 |