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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Marisa Reuber
Thursday, June 30, 2011

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                      New York Plants Record Low Oat Acreage
 
    Record low oat seedings totaled 55,000 acres in 2011, 31 percent below the March 
intentions estimate and 31 percent less than the 80,000 acres planted last year. Acreage to be 
harvested for grain is estimated at 38,000 acres, 34 percent less than the acres harvested in 
2010.
    
    As of May 31, corn seeding was 43 percent complete and soybeans were 14 percent 
planted, well behind the average progress. 
    
    A record high 285,000 acres of soybeans are expected to be planted, up 2 percent from the 
previous record of 280,000 planted in 2010. An estimated 282,000 acres will be harvested for 
beans, 1 percent more than last year. 
    
    Farmers intend to plant 1,040,000 acres of corn for all purposes, 1 percent less than acres 
planted in 2010. Acreage for grain is expected to total 600,000 acres, up 2 percent from the 
590,000 acres harvested last year. 
    
    A record low 11,000 acres of dry beans are expected to be planted, down 27 percent from 
last year. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 10,500 acres, down from the 14,900 acres 
harvested in 2010. 
     
    Barley plantings totaled 10,000 acres, tying the record low.  Plantings are 17 percent below 
last year.  Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 9,000 acres, 10 percent below last 
year.
    
    Acreage for harvest for all types of dry hay is expected to total 1.53 million acres, up 11 
percent from last year. Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for dry hay, at 450,000 acres, is up 7 percent 
and acres for other types of dry hay, at 1,080,000 acres, is up 13 percent from a year earlier. 
     
   U.S. corn planted area for all purposes in 2011 is estimated at 92.3 million acres, up 5 
percent from last year, and the second highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944, 
behind only the 93.5 million acres planted in 2007. Growers expect to harvest 84.9 million acres 
for grain, up 4 percent from last year.                 
                                                                  
   U.S. soybean planted area for 2011 is estimated at 75.2 million acres, down 3 percent from 
last year. Area for harvest, at 74.3 million acres, is also down 3 percent from 2010. Record high 
planted acreage is estimated in New York and North Dakota.
       
    The first yield and production forecast will be released on August 11 for corn, soybeans, dry 
beans, and hay. Wheat and oats will be published on July 12. 

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