New York soy, corn preliminary planting target seen to increase

Preliminary planting intentions of New York farmers as of March 1, 2009, indicate an increase in soy and corn, according to according to USDA's New York Agricultural Statistics Service field office director Stephen Ropel.

 

 

Soy plantings are expected to increase by 13 percent to 260,000 acres which, if realized, is a record-high planted area.

 

Wheat planted acreage totalled 115,000 acres, a 12 percent decrease from 2008.

 

Nationally, corn growers intend to plant 85 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2009, a 1 percent decrease from 2008 as lower corn prices and unstable input costs are discouraging some growers from planting corn. If realized, it will be the second consecutive year-over-year decrease since 2007 but will still be the third-largest acreage since 1949, behind 2007 and 2008.

 

Expected acreage is down from last year in many states, however, producers in the 10 major corn-producing states collectively intend to plant 66.3 million acres, a slight increase from the 66.1 million acres planted last year.

 

Soy producers are expecting to plant 76.0 million acres in 2009, a slight increase from 2008. If realized, the US planted area would be the largest on record.

 

Acreage increases of 100,000 acres or more are expected in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio.

 

The largest decreases are expected in Missouri and South Dakota, both 150,000 acres less than 2008. If realized, the planted acreage in Kansas and New York will be the largest on record, and the planted acreage in North Dakota will tie the previous record high.

 

All wheat planted area is estimated at 58.6 million acres, a 7 percent decrease from 2008.

 

The 2009 winter wheat planted area, at 42.9 million acres, is 7 percent less than 2008 but a 2 percent increase from the previous estimate.