Due to Delayed Planting Season, Farmer Won't be Close to Breaking Crop Production or Acreage Records
Monday, July 1st, 2019 -- 7:37 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Due to the delayed planting season, it doesn't appear Wisconsin farmers will come close to breaking any crop production or planted acreage records during the 2019 growing season.The USDA released its crop acreage report on Friday, which notes that the total number of corn acres planted in the state is estimated at 3.80 million, down 250,000 acres from the March intentions and 100,000 less than in 2018. An estimated 2.80 million acres are forecast to be harvested for grain this year. Producers planted biotechnology varieties on all but 11 percent of their corn fields. Insect resistant varieties were planted on three percent; herbicide resistant only varieties were seeded on 14 percent; and stacked gene varieties were planted on 72 percent of the acres. Soybean acreage in Wisconsin is estimated at 2.05 million acres planted. That's down 100,000 acres from the March forecast and 150,000 below last year's total. Area for harvest is projected at 2.03 million acres. About 91 percent of Wisconsin's bean acreage was planted with herbicide resistant varieties.
Winter wheat plantings is estimated at 210,000 acres, with 170,000 acres expected to be harvested for grain. Oats acreage will be around 245,000, with 130,000 acres expected to be combined. And the amount of total dry hay expected to be harvested for 2019 is estimated at 1.40 million acres, up 40,000 acres from last year. Alfalfa harvested acreage will be 30,000 more than in 2018 at an estimated 850,000 acres. Other hay harvested is estimated at 550,000 acres, which is 10,000 acres more than the previous growing season. Nationally, corn plantings are estimated at 91.7 million acres, up three percent from last year. Soybean planted area for 2019 is estimated at 80 million acres, down 10 percent from the 2018 harvest.
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