date:Jan 25, 2013
Corn acres this year will likely be about 99 million acres, which is two million more than last year, David Reinbott said. With a more normal weather pattern, most trend-line yield calculations put yield at 162 bushels an acre.
Planted acres of soybeans are also expected to increase about two million acres to 79 million in 2013. Dr Reinbott says figuring 42 bushels an acre that would create a supply of 258 million bushels.
Winter wheat acres also increased from last year, but not as much as