http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2009/07/01/corn-planting-is-second-largest-since-1946 en-us 40 Updates and information about the the trends in Dairy Markets <p>American farmers have planted their second-largest corn acreage since 1946, the government said Tuesday, shocking traders who thought that cold, wet spring weather in the Midwest had shrunk corn sowings.</p> <p>Corn plantings rose 1 percent from last year, to 87.035 million acres, the Agriculture Department said, up from March estimates of 84.986 million acres and above trade estimates that averaged 83.961 million acres.</p> <p>For more detail click <a href="http://future.aae.wisc.edu/collection/news_items/corn_plantings_2.pdf">here</a>.</p> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:38:00 -0500 urn:uuid:4853df12-7bd1-4d0f-8a86-8c3f59d79e33 Brian Gould http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2009/07/01/corn-planting-is-second-largest-since-1946 News