To: FromLori
US Farmers Plant Fewest Wheat Acres Since 1913 This article also indicates concern.
A government report shows the nation's farmers planted the fewest winter wheat acres this season since 1913.
The Agriculture Department reported Tuesday that the total acres of winter wheat for 2010 is 37.1 million acres, down 14 percent nationwide from last year.
The agency blames poor weather, low prices and the late row crop harvest for the decrease
7 posted on
01/15/2010 9:29:12 AM PST by
opentalk
To: opentalk
This is a good sign. Wheat is planted in the United States largely in spite of market forces, not in response to them.
Farmers' shifting production from very heavily subsidized wheat planting to crops demanded by the marketplace should be a cause for celebration, not whining.
9 posted on
01/15/2010 9:34:23 AM PST by
Mr. Lucky
To: opentalk
20 posted on
01/15/2010 9:45:36 AM PST by
griswold3
(You think health care is expensive now? Just wait till it's FREE!)
To: opentalk
The agency blames poor weather, low prices and the late row crop harvest for the decrease That would indicate Rogers is talking out his butt. Low prices are a sign of surplus, not scarcity.
70 posted on
01/18/2010 8:57:22 AM PST by
MNJohnnie
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