date:Aug 21, 2013
he June estimate by 320,000. In 2011, prevented acres totaled 3.01 million, yet the final NASS estimate of planted acres was only 346,000 less than the June estimate.
Beyond planted acreage, there is some uncertainty about potential acreage harvested for grain. While some insist on analyzing acreage harvested for grain as a percentage of acreage planted for all purposes, the nominal difference between the two is more informative.
The difference rather than the ratio is more informative since a