Articles tagged under: Planting Intentions Report

North Dakota Farmers Shift Acreage from Wheat to Corn

Published April 1, 2025

North Dakota farmers plan to plant fewer spring wheat acres this year, with the USDA’s planting intentions report showing a 6 percent decline to just over 5 million acres. Winter wheat acres are also down 4 percent to 120,000 acres,…

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Where Have All the Acres Gone?

Published March 28, 2024

The big takeaway from USDA's Planting Intentions Report was the total acreage numbers that were down from last year. RCM Director of Risk Management Steve Wagner wants to know where they went. "Last year we had 253.8 million acres of…

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Intentions, Not Plans

Published April 7, 2023

USDA’s Planting Intentions Report was released in late March, but MinnStar Bank Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse says a lot can happen that will impact the action acreage mix. “The title of the report is 'planting intentions' so we all…

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A Million More Acres

Published March 31, 2023

USDA says farmers intend to plant 92 million acres of corn this spring, about one million more than the February Ag Outlook Forum estimate and the average trade estimate. Soybean acreage is slightly less than the average trade estimate but…

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USDA Asking for Planting Intentions

Published February 25, 2023

USDA sent out prospective planting surveys earlier this month for USDA’s March Planting Intentions report. National Ag Statistics Service Chief of Crops, Lance Honig, is asking farmers who received a survey to please respond. "The best you can do to…

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Farmers Business Network Releases Planting Intentions Survey

Published March 30, 2022

Farmers Business Network released a survey-based report on planting intentions. The report forecasts corn acreage at 91.1 million. If realized, this would be more than two million acres below last year. The biggest decline is projected in North Dakota. FBN…

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Pay Attention to the Stocks Number

Published March 28, 2022

Global Commodity Analytics and Consulting President Mike Zuzolo will be looking for the stocks numbers in Thursday's USDA reports. "I think the stocks numbers will be the most important feature for the overall price action because it'll tell us what…

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Markets Bruised by Increased Volatility

Published March 28, 2022

AgriSompo North American market analyst Sterling Smith expects the grain market to consolidate ahead of this week’s stocks and planting intentions reports. "It may a wild and loud consolidated trade. The markets are still a little damaged from all of…

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Trade Expects More Corn and Less Soybeans

Published March 28, 2022

USDA will release quarterly grain stocks and planting intentions report Thursday. The average trade estimate for corn acreage is 92 million acres. That compares to 93.4 million acres last year. Soybean acreage is expected to be 88.9 million which is…

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More Hay Acreage Expected in 2020

Published March 31, 2020

U.S. producers intend to harvest 53.3 million acres of all hay in 2020, up two percent from 2019. States in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest are expecting increases in harvested acres for this year.

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