Corn Plantings Rise 3%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- Farmers in the United States planted 91.7 million acres of corn for all purposes, up 3% from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.
Area planned to be harvested for grain, at 83.6 million acres, is up 2% from last year. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 83% of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview, significantly lower than the 10-year average. Record low planted area is estimated in Rhode Island, while record high planted area is estimated in Nevada and Oregon.
Farmers report that 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:
2018 and 2019
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 260 320 250 305
Arizona .........: 70 85 15 41
Arkansas ........: 660 810 645 780
California ......: 430 450 65 95
Colorado ........: 1,470 1,470 1,200 1,200
Connecticut 2/ ..: 23 25 (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 170 200 166 190
Florida .........: 100 80 65 45
Georgia .........: 325 350 285 310
Idaho ...........: 360 340 135 110
:
Illinois ........: 11,000 11,000 10,850 10,800
Indiana .........: 5,350 5,500 5,200 5,300
Iowa ............: 13,200 13,600 12,800 13,200
Kansas ..........: 5,450 5,900 5,000 5,530
Kentucky ........: 1,340 1,650 1,230 1,550
Louisiana .......: 460 570 450 550
Maine 2/ ........: 31 32 (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 450 500 390 430
Massachusetts 2/ : 14 15 (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 2,300 2,300 1,940 1,950
:
Minnesota .......: 7,900 8,000 7,490 7,500
Mississippi .....: 480 590 465 560
Missouri ........: 3,500 3,400 3,330 3,200
Montana .........: 115 130 68 70
Nebraska ........: 9,600 10,000 9,310 9,650
Nevada 2/ .......: 13 14 (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 2/ : 13 14 (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 72 77 61 63
New Mexico ......: 135 120 35 35
New York ........: 1,100 1,120 645 590
:
North Carolina ..: 910 970 830 890
North Dakota ....: 3,150 3,700 2,930 3,450
Ohio ............: 3,500 3,300 3,300 3,050
Oklahoma ........: 320 350 280 305
Oregon ..........: 80 100 45 65
Pennsylvania ....: 1,350 1,400 950 960
Rhode Island 2/ .: 2 2 (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 340 410 310 370
South Dakota ....: 5,300 4,800 4,860 4,320
Tennessee .......: 740 1,000 690 950
:
Texas ...........: 2,200 2,200 1,750 1,800
Utah ............: 70 80 22 27
Vermont 2/ ......: 85 89 (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 485 530 325 370
Washington ......: 165 160 85 80
West Virginia ...: 46 52 33 39
Wisconsin .......: 3,900 3,800 3,170 2,800
Wyoming .........: 95 95 70 65
:
United States ...: 89,129 91,700 81,740 83,595
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Area harvested for grain not estimated.
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