USDA forecasts record low all-wheat area

Feb 21, 2020 at 08:30 AM CST
Robert Johansson, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist, projected the area planted to wheat for harvest this year to be the smallest in records extending back to 1919. At the same time, Johansson forecast areas planted to corn, soybeans and rice to increase this year. He presented his plantings forecasts in an address before the USDA’s 96th Agricultural Outlook Forum on Feb. 20 in Arlington. Johansson forecast the area planted to all wheat for harvest in 2020 at 45 million acres, down 158,000 acres from 2019 and a new record low.

Feb 21, 2020 at 08:30 AM CST

Robert Johansson, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist, projected the area planted to wheat for harvest this year to be the smallest in records extending back to 1919. At the same time, Johansson forecast areas planted to corn, soybeans and rice to increase this year. He presented his plantings forecasts in an address before the USDA’s 96th Agricultural Outlook Forum on Feb. 20 in Arlington. Johansson forecast the area planted to all wheat for harvest in 2020 at 45 million acres, down 158,000 acres from 2019 and a new record low.