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Survey points to fewer 2018 soybean acres, for now
Aug 29, 2017, 17:29 PM
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A survey released Tuesday indicates fewer soybean acres for 2018.
The headline on the survey – conducted by the publication Farm Futures – reads Soybeans Lose Their Luster.
“Somewhat surprisingly, we think, farmers said that wanted to plant fewer soybeans, about four percent less,” said Bryce Knorr, a grains analyst for the publication, in an interview with Brownfield Ag News at the Farm Progress Show, “maybe all the way down to 86 million (acres).”
Prospects of a shorter 2017 corn crop created hedging opportunities that Knorr says buoyed feelings about planting more corn acres at the cost of soybean acreage.
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