date:Aug 19, 2013
ief financial officer at Global Risk Management in Tampa, Fla.
One impact of the later-than-average planting was a drop of 500,000 acres in forecast planted and harvested area from the U.S.D.A.s June Acreage report. The U.S.D.A. re-contacted growers in 14 states who had indicated acreage as not yet planted when surveyed for the June report. The result was estimated planted soybean area at 77.2 million acres, down from 77.7 in June, and harvested area forecast at 76.4 million acres, down from 76