USDA Forecasts Big Shift to Soybeans

March Intentions Often Don't Equal Final Acreage

Alan Brugler
By  Alan Brugler , DTN Contributing Analyst
This USDA graphic shows the overall winners and losers in Monday's Prospective Planting report, with sorghum, winter wheat and barley also losing some ground to create room for the beans. (USDA graphic)
This USDA graphic shows the overall winners and losers in Monday's Prospective Planting report, with sorghum, winter wheat and barley also losing some ground to create room for the beans. (USDA graphic)
In its Planting Intentions report Monday, USDA forecast intended corn acreage at 91.691 million acres, down 3.674 million from last year, and soybean plantings up 4.96 million from last year to 81.493 million acres. History shows, however, that March intentions often...

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Alan Brugler

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