date:Jul 01, 2013
Planted area to corn, soybeans and spring wheat other than durum in 2013 was estimated up from a year ago while durum area was down sharply, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its June 28 annual Acreage report. The soybean planted area number will be record high if realized.
Area planted to corn was estimated at 97,379,000 acres, up 97,000 acres from March intentions of 97,282,000 acres, up 224,000 acres from 97,155,000 acres in 2012, and the highest on record since 102 million acres in