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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Greg Lemmons
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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                   New York Plants Record Soybean Acreage

New York farmers experienced average planting progress.  As of June 2, corn
seeding neared completion and soybeans were over 60 percent planted.

A record high 255,000 acres of soybeans are expected to be planted, up 11
percent from the previous record of 230,000 planted in 2008. An estimated
252,000 acres will be harvested for beans, 12 percent more than last year.

Farmers intend to plant 1,110,000 acres of corn for all purposes in 2009, 2
percent more than acres planted in 2008. Acreage for grain is expected to
total 630,000 acres, down 2 percent from the 640,000 acres harvested last
year.

Oat seedings totaled 85,000 acres, up 15,000 acres from the March
intentions and 6 percent more than the 80,000 acres planted last year.
Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 64,000 acres, the same as
the acres harvested in 2008.

Dry bean acreage is estimated at 19,000 acres, up 12 percent from a year
ago. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 18,000 acres, up 7 percent from
2008.

Barley plantings totaled 14,000 acres, up 8 percent from last year.
Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 13,000 acres, up 44
percent from last year’s 9,000 acres.

Acreage for harvest for all types of dry hay is expected to total 1.48
million acres, up 12 percent from last year. Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures
for dry hay, at 420,000 acres, is up 20 percent and acres for other types
of dry hay, at 1.06 million acres, is up 9 percent from a year earlier.

U.S. corn planted area for all purposes in 2009 is estimated at 87.0
million acres, up 1 percent from last year but 7 percent below 2007.  This
is the second largest planted acreage since 1946, behind 2007.  Planting
proceeded behind the normal pace, similar to last year, as frequent spring
precipitation and cold temperatures slowed early season fieldwork and
planting activities in the central and eastern Corn Belt, Ohio Valley, and
northern Great Plains.  On May 10, corn planting was 48 percent complete,
down 23 points from 5-year average.  In late May, however, dryer conditions
allowed farmers to make rapid progress.  Farmers reported that 97 percent
of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the survey
interview compared with the 10-year average of 98 percent.


U.S. soybean planted area for 2009 is estimated at a record high 77.5
million acres, up 2 percent from last year.  Area for harvest, at 76.5
million acres, is up 3 percent from 2008, and will be the largest harvested
area on record, if realized.  Compared with last year, planted acreage
increased by 200,000 acres or more in Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Dakota, and South Dakota.  The largest decrease is in Nebraska, down
400,000 acres from 2008, as many farmers switched to corn this year. Record
high planted acreage is estimated in Kansas, New York, North Dakota, and
Pennsylvania.

The first yield and production forecast will be released on August 12 for
corn, soybeans, dry beans, and hay. Wheat and oats will be published on
July 10.

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6-30-09