Michiana Corn Crop to Decrease in 2024
Published: Friday, April 5, 2024
Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 90 million acres of corn in 2024, down 5% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released last Thursday by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Planted acreage intentions for corn are down or unchanged in 38 of the 48 estimating states. Acreage decreases of 300,000 acres or more from last year are expected in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas. If realized, the planted area of corn in Arizona and Oregon will be the largest on record.
Soybean growers intend to plant 86.5 million acres in 2024, up 3% from last year. Acreage increases from last year of 100,000 or more are expected in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota. Record high acreage is expected in Kentucky and New York.
The Prospective Plantings report provides the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers' 2024 planting intentions. NASS's acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of nearly 72,000 farm operators across the nation. Other key findings in the report are:
• All wheat planted area for 2024 is estimated at 47.5 million acres, down 4% for comparable states from 2023.
• Winter wheat planted area, at 34.1 million acres, is down 1% from the previous estimate and down 7% from last year for comparable states.
• Area planted to other spring wheat for 2024 is expected to total 11.3 million acres, up 1% from 2023.
• Durum wheat planted is expected to total 2.03 million acres for 2024, up 22% from last year for comparable states.
• All cotton planted area for 2024 is expected to total 10.7 million acres, 4% above last year.
Indiana
Indiana farmers intend to plant less corn and more soybeans compared to last year, according to Nathanial Warenski, state statistician, USDA NASS, Indiana Field Office.
Acres intended for corn in Indiana are 5.1 million acres, down 6% from last year. Indiana producers intended to plant 5.75 million acres of soybeans, up 5% from last year. The winter wheat acreage seeded last fall for harvest in 2024 is estimated at 350,000 acres, down 14% from the crop seeded in 2022. Hay acres intended for dry hay harvest, at 550,000 acres, is up 4% from last year.
Michigan
Michigan farmers intend to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2024 than they did last year, according to Marlo D. Johnson, director of the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office.
Michigan producers intend to plant 2.25 million acres of corn, down 6% from last year. Producers plan to plant 2.2 million acres of soybeans, up 8% from last year. Winter wheat seedings, at 420,000 acres, were down 30% from 2022 fall plantings.
Area intended for harvest as dry hay in Michigan, at 780,000 acres, is unchanged from last year. Oat planting intentions are up 20% from last year to 60,000 acres.
Michigan growers intend to plant more acres of both sugarbeets and dry beans in 2024 than they did in 2023.
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