USDA: prevent plant numbers drop in 2020

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USDA: prevent plant numbers drop in 2020

The USDA says producers were prevented from planting more than 5 million intended corn acres and more than a million acres each of soybeans and wheat this year. While not as extreme as 2019, the 2020 planting season did feature widely varied conditions, including extremely wet weather in some areas during the early part of activity, and unharvested 2019 acres were also a big factor in some states.

North Dakota had the highest number of unplanted acres for all crops at 2,573,149, leading the way in corn, soybeans, and wheat, largely because of those unharvested 2019 acres. South Dakota had the second highest number of unplanted acres, followed by Arkansas.

Overall, U.S. producers were prevented from planting 8,990,942 intended acres in 2020, compared to 19,620,758 in 2019.

By crop:

Corn: 5,374,862 acres, compared to 11,433,459 in 2019

Soybeans: 1,223,298 acres, compared to 4,461,432 in 2019

Wheat: 1,194,595 tons, compared to 2,220,072 in 2019

Upland cotton: 379,463 acres, compared to 494,425 in 2019

Rice: 479,584 acres, compared to 751,749 in 2019

Sorghum: 266,559 acres, compared to 172,276 in 2019

Prevent plant acres for major crops in Brownfield states:

Arkansas: All: 1,064,280 acres, compared to 1,329,272 in 2019; Corn: 500,984 acres, compared to 327,740 in 2019; Soybeans: 59,855 acres, compared to 187,929 in 2019; Wheat: 103,894 acres, compared to 255,928 in 2019; Cotton: 35,558 acres, compared to 38,348 in 2019; Rice: 362,729 acres, compared to 511,819 in 2019; Sorghum: 1,240 acres, compared to 6,536 in 2019

Illinois: All: 169,835 acres, compared to 1,507,591 in 2019; Corn: 79,353 acres, compared to 1,145,385 in 2019; Soybeans: 26,878 acres, compared to 331,247 in 2019; Wheat: 63,578 acres, compared to 27,073 in 2019

Indiana: All: 58,457 acres, compared to 943,709 in 2019; Corn: 51,392 acres, compared to 710,038 in 2019; Soybeans: 4,253 acres, compared to 229,628 in 2019; Wheat: 2,811 acres, compared to 3,532 in 2019

Iowa: All: 15,743 acres, compared to 463,337 in 2019; Corn: 11,154 acres, compared to 380,992 in 2019; Soybeans: 4,587 acres, compared to 82,237 in 2019

Michigan: 72,909 acres, compared to 909,057 in 2019; All: Corn: 22,042 acres, compared to 522,774 in 2019; Soybeans: 6,088 acres, compared to 363,921 in 2019; Wheat: 44,703 acres, compared to 20,285 in 2019

Minnesota: All: 246,915 acres, compared to 1,171,420 in 2019; Corn: 193,561 acres, compared to 1,000,683 in 2019; Soybeans: 36,096 acres, compared to 161,246 in 2019; Wheat: 16,198 acres, compared to 7,557 in 2019

Missouri: All: 451,344 acres, compared to 1,400,930 in 2019; Corn: 173,754 acres, compared to 750,739 in 2019; Soybeans: 44,682 acres, compared to 483,094 in 2019; Wheat: 151,477 acres, compared to 85,016 in 2019; Cotton: 32,565 acres, compared to 18,173 in 2019; Rice: 48,515 acres, compared to 61,499 in 2019; Sorghum: 323 acres, compared to 2,280 in 2019

Nebraska: All: 44,411 acres, compared to 421,958 in 2019; Corn: 35,465 acres, compared to 344,407 in 2019; Soybeans: 8,643 acres, compared to 71,958 in 2019; Wheat: 285 acres, compared to 1,584 in 2019; Sorghum: 17 acres, compared to 3,250 in 2019

Ohio: All: 63,480 acres, compared to 1,564,712 in 2019; Corn: 55,656 acres, compared to 928,742 in 2019; Soybeans: 7,032 acres, compared to 629,815 in 2019; Wheat: 792 acres, compared to 6,057 in 2019

South Dakota: All: 1,240,014 acres, compared to 3,947,988 in 2019; Corn: 897,773 acres, compared to 2,908,376 in 2019; Soybeans: 296,425 acres, compared to 868,940 in 2019; Wheat: 36,520 acres, compared to 127,400 in 2019; Sorghum: 6,161 acres, compared to 31,838 in 2019

Tennessee: All: 244,022 acres, compared to 251,502 in 2019; Corn: 102,917 acres, compared to 30,941 in 2019; Soybeans: 5,044 acres, compared to 49,276 in 2019; Wheat: 72,290 acres, compared to 146,671 in 2019; Cotton: 63,034 acres, compared to 23,029 in 2019; Rice: 737 acres, compared to 1,304 in 2019

Wisconsin: All: 57,018 acres, compared to 595,801 in 2019; Corn: 34,399 acres, compared to 460,271 in 2019; Soybeans: 9,730 acres, compared to 125,183 in 2019; Wheat: 12,547 acres, compared to 8,750 in 2019

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