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Missouri Plans Double-Digit Corn, Soybean Growth
Missouri Ag Connection - 04/01/2020

Corn growers intend to plant 3.60 million acres in 2020, up 13 percent from 2019, according to the Prospective Planting Report issued Tuesday by USDA's National Ag Statistics Service.

Soybean planted area is expected to total 5.80 million acres, up 14 percent from the previous year.

Cotton growers intend to plant 400,000 acres in 2020, up 5 percent from 2019. Rice planted area is expected to total 199,000 acres, up 6 percent from last year.

Winter wheat area seeded last fall is estimated at 480,000 acres, down 13 percent from the previous year.

Area planted to oats is expected to total 50,000 acres, unchanged from 2019. Producers intend to harvest 3.25 million acres of all hay in 2020, down 3 percent from last year.

Nationally, corn planted area for all purposes in 2020 is estimated at 97.0 million acres, up 8 percent or 7.29 million acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 38 of the 48 estimating States.

U.S. soybean planted area for 2020 is estimated at 83.5 million acres, up 10 percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 22 of the 29 estimating States.

Nationally, all wheat planted area for 2020 is estimated at 44.7 million acres, down 1 percent from 2019. This represents the lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919. The 2020 winter wheat planted area, at 30.8 million acres, is down 1 percent from last year and down slightly from the previous estimate. Of this total, 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.


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