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U.S. Farmers Expect to Plant More Corn and Soybeans
USAgNet - 04/01/2020
Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant an estimated 97.0 million acres of corn in 2020, up 8% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released Tuesday by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. If
realized, this will be the highest planted acreage since 2012.
Planted acreage intentions for corn are up or unchanged in 38 of the 48 estimating states. South Dakota, with 6.00 million acres, had the largest increase of 1.65 million acres from 2019. Acreage increases from last year of 800,000 or more are expected in
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and South Dakota.
If realized, the planted area of corn in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon will be the largest on record. Record low acreage is expected in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Soybean growers intend to plant 83.5 million acres in 2020, up 10% from last year. If realized this will be the third highest planted acreage on record. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 22 of the 29 states estimated.
Increases of 250,000 acres or more of soybeans are anticipated in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota.
Area expected to be seeded to oats for the 2020 crop year is estimated at 3.01 million acres, up 7 percent from 2019. If realized, the United States planted area will be the ninth lowest on record. Record low planted acreage is expected in California and
Oregon.
Producers seeded 2.92 million acres of barley for the 2020 crop year, up 7 percent from the previous year. A record low planted acreage is estimated for Colorado, Minnesota, New York and Oregon. However, in Montana, planted acreage is expected to
increase by 10 percent from last year.
Producers intend to harvest 53.3 million acres of all hay in 2020, up 2 percent from 2019. The Northern Plains and Upper Midwestern States are expecting increases in harvested acres in 2020.
Record low all hay harvested area is expected in California, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington in 2020. Meanwhile, Alaska is expecting a record high acreage.
The Prospective Plantings report provides the first official, survey based estimates of U.S. farmers' 2020 planting intentions. NASS's acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of approximately 80,000
farm operators across the United States. Other key findings in the report are:
- All wheat planted area for 2020 is estimated at 44.7 million acres, down 1% from 2019. This represents the lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919.
- Winter wheat planted area, at 30.8 million acres, is slightly below the previous estimate and down 1% from last year. This is the second lowest planted acreage on record. Of the total acreage, about 21.7 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 5.69 million acres
are Soft Red Winter, and 3.42 million acres are White Winter. Record low planted acreage is estimated in Nebraska and Utah.
- Area planted to other spring wheat for 2020 is expected to total 12.6 million acres, down 1% from 2019.
- Durum wheat is expected to total 1.29 million acres for 2020, down 4% from last year.
- All cotton planted area for 2020 is expected to total 13.7 million acres, less than 1% below last year.
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