USDA’s June Acreage report was conducted too early to adequately capture the impact of prevented plantings on 2019 corn and soybean acreage. The Ag Economy Barometer asked growers if they are taking a prevented planting payment on any acreage in 2019.
U.S. farmers planted 16% of their corn acres, while an additional 21% of soybeans were sown last week, an improvement over recent reports, according to the USDA’s latest Crop Progress report.
Even before the 2018 harvest is completed, industry forecasters are looking ahead to cropping acres for 2019. And it appears we’ll be looking at a flip-flop of what we saw this past year, which should serve as a heads up for farm equipment manufacturers and dealers.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.