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Survey indicates fewer soybean acres in 2018
Sep 4, 2017, 05:00 AM
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The survey, by the publication Farm Futures Magazine, is headlined “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, “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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