According to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, U.S. farmers intend to plant a record-high combined 174.4 million acres of corn and soybeans this year.

P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

March 29, 2013

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2013 Record-High Combined Corn & Soybean Acreage

According to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, U.S. farmers intend to plant a record-high combined 174.4 million acres of corn and soybeans this year.  The report indicates that corn growers intend to plant 97.3 million acres which is the highest planted acreage since 1936 (102 million acres).  States with expected record corn acreage includes Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon.  States with expected decreases in acres are Illinois, Missouri and South Dakota. 

 

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Producers plan to plant 77.1 million acres of soybeans, down slightly from last year but 3% than 2011.  USDA’s acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March and reflect a sample of more than 83,500 farm operators across the nation. 

 

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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