date:Nov 26, 2012
has not kept up with many other nations that have significantly increased their corn acreage. Although US farmers have shifted acreage away from other crops and into corn, competing nations and customers have significantly increased their area planted.
We haven't expanded overall planted area like the rest of the world. Our acreage is basically flat, Abbott said.
Since the late 1990s, South America has boosted crop acreage 53 percent. The nations that make up the former Soviet Union are growi