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Michigan farmers increase soybean and sugarbeet plantings
Apr 3, 2017, 11:20 AM
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The USDA says Michigan farmers plan plant to a record soybean crop this growing season.
Friday’s prospective plantings report put Michigan soybean acres at 2.35 million acres, up 14 percent from 2016.
Corn acreage is estimated at 2.3 million acres, down 4 percent.
USDA says sugarbeet acreage is estimated 14 percent higher at 2.35 million acres.
Michigan farmers plan to cut winter wheat acres by 30 percent to 430,000 acres.
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