Corn acres down, soybean acres up
(World News USA)

As Nebraska crops enter into a critical growing month in July, the USDA`s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported this past week that corn acres are down this year, while soybean acres are up. Winter wheat acres are at a record low. Nebraska producers planted 9.80 million acres of corn for all purposes. This is down 3% from last year. Of the total acres, 94% were planted with biotechnology varieties, down 2 percentage points from 2019. Area to be harvested for grain is estimated at 9.45 million acres, down 4% from a year ago. Nationwide, corn planted area for all purposes in 2020 is estimated at 92.0 million acres, up 3 percent or 2.31 million acres from last year. Compared with...