date:Oct 13, 2015
ly are finished in June, by 1.1 million acres from September to 83.2 million. Estimated harvested acres also fell by 1.1 million, to 82.4 million.
Some acres are abandoned every year due to bad weather. However, the latest adjustments in the USDAs forecasts for harvested acres did not reflect increased abandonment rates, Honig said.
Wet weather at planting time made it more challenging to estimate acreage, said Don Roose, president of Iowa brokerage U.S. Commodities.
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