WASHINGTON - Mar 29/18 - SNS -- Farmers in the United States intend to reduce land in corn by 2% to 88.0 million acres, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report for 2018.
If realized this will be the lowest planted acreage since 2015.
Planted acreage for 2018 is expected to be down or unchanged from 2017 across most of the major corn-producing States, with the exception of Ohio, which is expecting an increase in acreage from last year. Record high acreage is expected in Nevada and Oregon. Record low acreage is expected in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be down or unchanged in 33 of the 48 estimating States. Acreage decreases of 300,000 acres or more are expected in Kansas, Minnesota, and North Dakota compared with last year.
Corn Area Planted - States and United States: 2016-2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted State :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 1/ : Percent of : : : : previous year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent : Alabama ............: 330 250 260 104 Arizona ............: 95 65 60 92 Arkansas ...........: 760 620 650 105 California .........: 420 430 430 100 Colorado ...........: 1,340 1,460 1,500 103 Connecticut ........: 25 24 24 100 Delaware ...........: 170 180 150 83 Florida ............: 80 75 70 93 Georgia ............: 410 290 330 114 Idaho ..............: 340 340 330 97 : Illinois ...........: 11,600 11,200 11,000 98 Indiana ............: 5,600 5,350 5,100 95 Iowa ...............: 13,900 13,300 13,300 100 Kansas .............: 5,100 5,500 5,100 93 Kentucky ...........: 1,500 1,320 1,280 97 Louisiana ..........: 620 500 450 90 Maine ..............: 31 31 31 100 Maryland ...........: 460 480 440 92 Massachusetts ......: 16 15 16 107 Michigan ...........: 2,400 2,250 2,250 100 : Minnesota ..........: 8,450 8,050 7,500 93 Mississippi ........: 750 520 490 94 Missouri ...........: 3,650 3,400 3,400 100 Montana ............: 115 115 115 100 Nebraska ...........: 9,850 9,550 9,300 97 Nevada .............: 11 12 15 125 New Hampshire ......: 15 14 15 107 New Jersey .........: 80 77 73 95 New Mexico .........: 120 125 120 96 New York ...........: 1,100 1,000 1,020 102 : North Carolina .....: 1,000 890 900 101 North Dakota .......: 3,450 3,420 3,050 89 Ohio ...............: 3,550 3,400 3,450 101 Oklahoma ...........: 400 350 310 89 Oregon .............: 80 85 95 112 Pennsylvania .......: 1,400 1,350 1,370 101 Rhode Island .......: 2 2 2 100 South Carolina .....: 375 350 340 97 South Dakota .......: 5,600 5,700 5,700 100 Tennessee ..........: 880 750 750 100 : Texas ..............: 2,900 2,450 2,400 98 Utah ...............: 80 80 75 94 Vermont ............: 90 82 85 104 Virginia ...........: 490 500 500 100 Washington .........: 170 170 180 106 West Virginia ......: 49 50 50 100 Wisconsin ..........: 4,050 3,900 3,850 99 Wyoming ............: 100 95 100 105 : United States ......: 94,004 90,167 88,026 98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Intended plantings in 2018 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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