date:Oct 13, 2015
to be the industry standard, through a combination of several methods, including surveying farmers and assessing FSA plantings data.
The NASS receives weekly updates on acreage from the FSA and has seen bigger-than-usual increases in the FSAs plantings data recently, Honig said. Still, the NASS determined that planted acres had dropped from September.
An FSA spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
For soybeans, the NASS lowered its estimate for plantings, which typical