Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Crop Production: July 1, 1947
Current estimates of planted acreages, for the 17 creps included ln the prospective-plantings report, fall short by over 4. 6 million acres, or gpercent, of the total prospective plantings reported in March. Shifts between creps are more significant than usual. Particularly significant in this connection is the larger than expected acreage of winter wheat and rye for harvest, which accounts for nearly half of the difference between the March intentions and current estimates of actual plantings. Also cotton acreage is 3. 2 million acres larger than in 1946. These pwe shifts have been important factors in limiting the acreage available for sorghums in the Southwesto The planted acreage of sorghums is about million acres below the Intentions estimate. The planted acreage of cats falls nearly 4 million acres, about 8% percent, below that intended, chiefly in the North Central region where three-fourths of the cats acreage lies. Corn acreage is nearly million acres below that intended, chiefly in Iowa and adjacent parts of Nebraska, Minnesota and.wisconsin, and in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. On the other hand, spring wheat acreage is acres above the March estimate, chiefly due to heavy seedings in the strip of northern States from Washington to North and South Dakota. Part of this is at the expense of flax acreage, which is 176, 000 acres below that planned, largely in North Dakota and Montana. Barley acreage exceeds intentions by more than a half million acres, especially in North Dakota and California, the leading barley States. Part of the decrease in corn acreage is made up in soybeans, which increased more than a half million acres above the March estimate. Other changes were sli ght acreage decreases in potatoes, sweetpotatoes, dry peas, dry beans, and sugar beets, and increases in rice, tobacco, peanuts, and.cowpeas. The hay acreage is virtually the same as estimated in March. Since part of the computed difference in acreage has new been.planted to cotton or will be sewn to catch creps, such as buckwheat or millet, it is likely that less than a million acres of it may remain'uncropped., mostly where flood waters have made fields unworkable until too late. The flooded crep acreage, while serious locally, is a relatively small portion of the total.
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