Now is the time to understand the status of crops across the nation.
Following up on the Prospective Plantings report released in March, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service surveyed almost 64,000 farm operators during the first two weeks of June to gather information on what farmers actually planted.
The following information came from the June 30 Acreage report based on a June 1 reference date.
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2023 is estimated at 94.1 million acres, up 6% or 5.52 million acres from last year. This represents the third-highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944.
Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be up or unchanged in 43 of the 48 estimating states.
Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 2.49 million acres of the estimated corn acreage remain to be planted at the time of the interview.
The 2023 soybean planted area is estimated at 83.5 million acres, down 5% from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is down in 20 major producing states.
Area for harvest, forecast at 82.7 million acres, is down 4% from 2022.
If realized, these will be the fifth-highest planted and sixth-highest harvested soybean acreages on record.
Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 8.22 million acres of the estimated soybean acreage remained to be planted at the time of the interview.
Source: lancasterfarming.com
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Categories: Pennsylvania, Crops, Corn