USDA projects more corn, cotton,soybeans, and rice in 2010; wheat acreage down 9 percent from 2009

摘要

U.S. corn acreage is expected to total 88.8 million acres this year, up 3 percent from 2009 acreage, according to the USDA Prospective Plantings Report released March 31. Soybean acreage will be up less than 1 percent, to 78.1 million acres. Wheat acreage will be down 9 percent to 53.8 million acres, while cotton will be up 15 percent to 10.5 million acres.