Michigan commodity groups prepare for 30% losses

Michigan commodity groups prepare for 30% losses

The head of the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee says

early estimates of the state’s planted acreage are lacking.

Newly named Executive Director Janna Fritz tells Brownfield they’re estimating Michigan’s soybean acreage near 1.6 million with about 40-bushel yields. “Assessments at this point might see potentially from a 15 to a 30 percent decrease from what we’ve seen in past years.”    

She says they’ll be monitoring the crop as it develops but

conditions remain highly variable.

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