USDA’s 2019 Planting Intentions Report indicates more acres will be going to peanuts this year than what we saw in 2018. Tyron Spearman has the new peanut acreage numbers, along with an update from other crops.
Planting Intentions Indicate Less Cotton in 2019
USDA released their 2019 Planting Intentions Report, and according to the numbers, there will be fewer acres of cotton this year compared to 2018. Chris Singh with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has the details.
Farm Futures Survey Shows Planting Intentions
A survey by Farm Futures finds growers said they want to boost corn and cotton acreage, while cutting back on crops affected by China’s import tariffs on soybeans and sorghum. Farm Futures surveyed 626 farmers in December and January and reported soybean planting intentions of 84.6 million acres, down 5.5 percent from 2018, but more than the 82.5 million projected …
Fewer Peanut Acres in 2018
USDA’s 2018 Planting Intentions Report indicates less acres going to peanuts this year than what we saw last year. Tyron Spearman has the numbers. Fewer Peanut Acres in 2018
Farm Futures Releases 2018 Planting Intentions Survey Results
Farm Futures magazine recently released its survey of 2018 planting intentions, which shows that farmers aren’t quite ready to make major changes to their crop rotations. However, they are going to plant more of what paid best in 2017. For the first time since 1983, farmers want to plant more soybeans than corn. Back then, the government’s PIK program idled …