Wisconsin farmers intend to plant 3.90 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2020 according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Prospective Plantings report. This is up 100,000 acres from 2019.
Producers intend to plant 1.95 million acres of soybeans in Wisconsin this year. This is a 200,000 acre increase from 2019. If realized, this would be Wisconsin’s fourth largest planted acreage on record.
Farmers in Wisconsin expect to harvest 1.35 million acres of all hay for the 2020 crop year. This is 50,000 acres more than harvested in 2019.
Wisconsin farmers intend to plant 280,000 acres of oats for all purposes. This is 15,000 acres more than in 2019.
Planted acres of winter wheat, at 160,000 acres, are down 35,000 acres from last year.
Farmers in Wisconsin intend to plant 30,000 acres of barley, up 6,000 acres from 2019.
The Prospective Plantings report provides the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ 2020 planting intentions. NASS’s acreage estimates are based primarily on suveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of approximately 80,000 farm operators across the United States with more than 2,100 from Wisconsin. Actual plantings will depend upon weather, economic conditions and the availability of production inputs at the time producers make their final planting decisions.
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