Corn Ares Exceeds Trade Guesses
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/17 - SNS -- Corn planted area for all purposes in 2017 is estimated at 90.9 million acres, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2017.
Seeded area is down 3% from last year, but above pre-report estimates. The average forecast was 89.903 million, down slightly from the March seeding intentions of 89.996 million and down sharply from 94.0 million a year ago
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. Planted acreage for 2017 is unchanged or down compared with the previous year across most of the eastern Corn Belt. Record low planted acreage is estimated in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, while record high planted acreage is estimated in Nevada and Oregon.
An estimated 92% of this year's corn crop 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:
2016 and 2017
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 330 250 315 235
Arizona .........: 95 85 50 40
Arkansas ........: 760 680 745 665
California ......: 420 460 100 100
Colorado ........: 1,340 1,400 1,170 1,220
Connecticut 2/ ..: 25 25 (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 170 190 164 180
Florida .........: 80 80 40 45
Georgia .........: 410 370 340 320
Idaho ...........: 340 310 100 90
:
Illinois ........: 11,600 11,100 11,450 10,950
Indiana .........: 5,600 5,500 5,470 5,370
Iowa ............: 13,900 13,500 13,500 13,100
Kansas ..........: 5,100 5,300 4,920 5,000
Kentucky ........: 1,500 1,350 1,400 1,260
Louisiana .......: 620 470 550 460
Maine 2/ ........: 31 31 (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 460 510 400 450
Massachusetts 2/ : 16 16 (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 2,400 2,500 2,040 2,120
:
Minnesota .......: 8,450 8,000 8,000 7,550
Mississippi .....: 750 560 720 540
Missouri ........: 3,650 3,250 3,500 3,100
Montana .........: 115 105 55 55
Nebraska ........: 9,850 9,800 9,550 9,500
Nevada 2/ .......: 11 11 (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 2/ : 15 15 (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 80 75 71 66
New Mexico ......: 120 140 41 56
New York ........: 1,100 1,050 570 550
:
North Carolina ..: 1,000 880 940 820
North Dakota ....: 3,450 3,700 3,270 3,450
Ohio ............: 3,550 3,500 3,300 3,230
Oklahoma ........: 400 370 350 330
Oregon ..........: 80 95 39 55
Pennsylvania ....: 1,400 1,400 950 1,000
Rhode Island 2/ .: 2 2 (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 375 340 350 315
South Dakota ....: 5,600 5,200 5,130 4,800
Tennessee .......: 880 840 830 780
:
Texas ...........: 2,900 2,400 2,550 2,100
Utah ............: 80 80 29 30
Vermont 2/ ......: 90 90 (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 490 480 340 330
Washington ......: 170 180 85 85
West Virginia ...: 49 46 35 33
Wisconsin .......: 4,050 4,050 3,220 3,050
Wyoming .........: 100 100 69 66
:
United States ...: 94,004 90,886 86,748 83,496
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Area harvested for grain not estimated.
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