| 1998 Planted acreage | Change 1998 over 1997 | 1998 Planted acreage | Change 1998 over 1997 | ||
| ( million ha. ) | (percentage) | (. million ha. .) | (percentage) | ||
| Coarse grains | Other Crops | ||||
| Wheat | 26.63 | -7.3 | |||
| Maize | 32.70 | 0.7 | - winter | (18.96) | (-3.1) |
| Sorghum | 3.61 | -11.7 | - spring | (7.67) | (-16.3) |
| Oats | 2.02 | -3.4 | Rice | 1.30 | 5.2 |
| Barley | 2.61 | -6.7 | Soybean | 29.43 | 2.6 |
| All cotton | 5.23 | -6.3 | |||
| TOTAL | 40.94 | -1.2 | Sunflowerseed | 1.38 | 16.0 |