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USDA’s Surprising March Prospective Plantings Report Apr 3, 2023
USDA says farmers intend to plant significantly more corn acres in 2023. That’s according to the 2023 Prospective Plantings report released on March 31. USDA shows farmers who were surveyed […]
U.S. Prospective Plantings: When is an Error Not a Mistake? – DTN Apr 15, 2019
When is an error not a mistake? If we’re talking about forecasting, then “error” is just the term for how much difference is ultimately noted between the formerly predicted value […]
Prospective Plantings: Corn Acreage Up; Soy, Wheat, Cotton All Down – USDA Mar 29, 2019
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2019 is estimated at 92.8 million acres, up 4 percent or 3.66 million acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage […]
Marketing the Crop: Every Nickel Counts, Especially When it Comes to Soybeans – DTN Aug 17, 2017
After USDA’s Prospective Plantings report at the end of March, it seemed clear that most of the reduced acres in corn and wheat were switching to soybeans in 2017. Even […]
Grain Market: Looking at the History of Falling Wheat Acres – DTN Mar 31, 2017
In 1701, Jethro Tull invented the horse-drawn seed drill, used for evenly planting straight furrows of small grains in England, and later in Europe, America and the rest of the […]
