Bad weather may prevent planting of 1 million soybean acres

Growers may be prevented by bad weather from planting 1.1 million acres of their intended record 84.6 million acres of soybeans, says economist John Newton of U-Illinois. Writing at farmdoc daily, Newton bases his estimate on crop data from 1996-2014. While corn planting is nearly complete, 21 million acres of soybeans were yet to be planted… » Read More

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