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USDA acreage report: Missouri corn, soybean, rice acres up

Missouri planted largest corn acreage since 1960 says USDA acreage report.

Mindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

July 1, 2016

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The USDA came out with its crop acreage report for this growing season. You might have read about the surprising uptick of corn acres despite lower prices.

Nationally the USDA reported corn acres at 94.1 million acres. It will be the third highest planted corn crop in over 70 years. Soybeans were also up at record high levels nearing 83.7 million.

Related: USDA surprises market with more corn

So just how does Missouri acres stack up against the national numbers according to the Thursday’s USDA Acreage and Grain Stocks reports? Here are the numbers:

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Corn: Planted area, at 3.70 million acres, up 14% from 2015. This represents the largest planted acreage in Missouri since 1960 when 4.32 million acres were planted. Harvested area for grain, at 3.55 million acres, up 15%.

Soybeans: Planted area, at 5.55 million acres, up 22% from 2015. Harvested area is expected to total 5.50 million acres, up 23% from last year.

Winter wheat: Planted area for 2016, estimated at 690,000 acres, down 9% from 2015. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 600,000 acres, down 2%.

Hay: Harvested area of all hay is expected to total 3.46 million acres, up 17%from 2015. This consists of 260,000 acres of alfalfa and 3.20 million acres of all other hay.

Cotton: Planted area, at 300,000 acres, up 62% from 2015. This is the highest planted area since 2012, when 350,000 acres were planted.

Rice: Planted area, at 217,000 acres, up 19% from 2015. This represents the second highest planted total on record, behind only 2010 when 253.000 acres were planted. Harvested area, forecast at 214,000 acres, up 23%.

About the Author(s)

Mindy Ward

Editor, Missouri Ruralist

Mindy resides on a small farm just outside of Holstein, Mo, about 80 miles southwest of St. Louis.

After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism, she worked briefly at a public relations firm in Kansas City. Her husband’s career led the couple north to Minnesota.

There, she reported on large-scale production of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and dairy, as well as, biofuels for The Land. After 10 years, the couple returned to Missouri and she began covering agriculture in the Show-Me State.

“In all my 15 years of writing about agriculture, I have found some of the most progressive thinkers are farmers,” she says. “They are constantly searching for ways to do more with less, improve their land and leave their legacy to the next generation.”

Mindy and her husband, Stacy, together with their daughters, Elisa and Cassidy, operate Showtime Farms in southern Warren County. The family spends a great deal of time caring for and showing Dorset, Oxford and crossbred sheep.

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