The USDA expects corn acres to surpass soybeans in 2019.
In its first statistical guesses for next year, the agency forecasts U.S. corn plantings of 92 million acres and soybeans at 82.5 million.
That’s a nearly 3 million-acre increase for corn compared to this year, and a decrease in soybeans of more than 6.5 million.
Stewart-Peterson analyst Naomi Blohm tells Brownfield the market has been anticipating a reduction in soybeans because of the China trade war.
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