USDA: Despite late start, record corn crop likely
May 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
DES MOINES, Iowa The wet start to the corn planting season is expected to reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much of the crop that they’re still likely to bring in a record amount. Continue Reading
In the biggest corn-producing state, Iowa, only 8 percent of the corn crop is in the ground, down from 62 percent the same time last year.
How long will this all last? About 10 minutes longer than the end of mandated ethanol use.
Farmers in the Dakotas increasingly prefer corn and soybeans to wheat because of greater potential for profit.
Acreage in some states hit hardest by last year’s drought retreated, while Southern states such as Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas are shifting cotton acres to corn.
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