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FSA prevent plant numbers reflect slow start to season in some areas
Less than ideal planting conditions in some key growing areas led to fewer acres than expected being planted this year.
The USDA Farm Service Agency says the overall U.S. crop acreage mix is 248.861 million acres, with farmers reporting they were unable to plant on 6.387 million acres, with the highest prevented plant totals in areas hit by heavy rainfall or that had cooler than normal temperatures during planting season.
That includes parts of the northern Plains and northern Midwest, stretching down into the Delta states.
These numbers are used by the FSA to calculate payment eligibility and losses in disaster programs and will also be used by the National Agricultural Statistics Service to calculate yield estimates in crop reports between now and January.
The next set of acreage numbers from the FSA and NASS is out September 12th.
Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner contributed to this report
Comparisons for Brownfield states:
State Total Acres PP Acres % PP
Arkansas 5,786,166 585,054 10.1%
Illinois 21,965,155 116,419 .75%
Indiana 11,359,770 50,059 .44%
Iowa 22,885,413 5,383 .02%
Michigan 5,008,821 110,371 2.16%
Minnesota 17,156,026 495,975 2.89%
Missouri 10,399,930 190,921 1.83%
Nebraska 16,600,770 5,219 .03%
Ohio 8,812,266 80,055 .9%
South Dakota 12,665,131 733,328 5.79%
Tennessee 3,081,436 32,129 1%
Wisconsin 6,371,965 23,122 .37%
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