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Safflower Area Off 4%WASHINGTON - Jun 30/09 - SNS -- Planted area of safflower decreased 4% from 2008, to 194,000 acres in 2009, according to the USDA's preliminary seeded estimates for the year. Area for harvest is forecast at 187,000 acres, also down 4% from last year. Growers in California, the largest safflower- producing State, planted 80,000 acres of safflower this year, a decrease of 25,000 acres from last year's record high planted acreage. Lower prices and water shortages in California led to the modest decline, but the planted area this year is still much higher than the planted area from 2005 to 2007. Montana farmers planted 26,000 acres, down 3,000 acres from last year. Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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