U.S. Corn Area Slips 1%
WASHINGTON - Jun 29/18 - SNS -- Land in corn dropped 1% below last year to 89.1 million acres, with the harvested area forecast at 81.8 million acres, according o the USDA's seeded area estimates for this year.
Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 98% of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview, slightly higher than the 10-year average. Record low planted acreage is estimated in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, while record high planted acreage is estimated in Oregon.
An estimated 92% of this year's corn acreage was planted with biotechnology seed varieties, unchanged from last year. Biotechnology seed includes traits for insect resistance (Bt), herbicide resistance, or stacked gene which contains traits for both herbicide and insect resistance.
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain - States and United States:
2017 and 2018
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 250 250 235 235
Arizona .........: 65 75 32 31
Arkansas ........: 620 650 595 640
California ......: 430 450 80 75
Colorado ........: 1,460 1,460 1,300 1,340
Connecticut 2/ ..: 24 24 (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 180 150 171 140
Florida .........: 75 80 37 50
Georgia .........: 290 360 245 305
Idaho ...........: 340 350 115 125
:
Illinois ........: 11,200 11,000 10,950 10,850
Indiana .........: 5,350 5,100 5,190 4,920
Iowa ............: 13,300 13,300 12,900 12,850
Kansas ..........: 5,500 5,400 5,200 5,100
Kentucky ........: 1,320 1,310 1,220 1,210
Louisiana .......: 500 430 490 420
Maine 2/ ........: 31 30 (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 480 470 420 410
Massachusetts 2/ : 15 16 (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 2,250 2,300 1,890 1,850
:
Minnesota .......: 8,050 7,800 7,630 7,400
Mississippi .....: 520 490 500 470
Missouri ........: 3,400 3,400 3,250 3,250
Montana .........: 115 120 65 65
Nebraska ........: 9,550 9,700 9,300 9,350
Nevada 2/ .......: 12 10 (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 2/ : 14 14 (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 77 75 70 67
New Mexico ......: 125 120 43 45
New York ........: 1,000 1,120 485 630
:
North Carolina ..: 890 930 840 870
North Dakota ....: 3,420 3,350 3,230 3,100
Ohio ............: 3,400 3,550 3,130 3,310
Oklahoma ........: 350 310 305 270
Oregon ..........: 85 95 44 50
Pennsylvania ....: 1,350 1,350 920 920
Rhode Island 2/ .: 2 2 (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 350 330 325 310
South Dakota ....: 5,700 5,200 5,080 4,850
Tennessee .......: 750 780 710 730
:
Texas ...........: 2,450 2,300 2,240 2,000
Utah ............: 80 75 20 20
Vermont 2/ ......: 82 89 (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 500 490 340 330
Washington ......: 170 180 80 80
West Virginia ...: 50 48 33 32
Wisconsin .......: 3,900 3,900 2,930 3,000
Wyoming .........: 95 95 63 70
:
United States ...: 90,167 89,128 82,703 81,770
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Area harvested for grain not estimated.
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