I'm curious. Do you have the same type of data on cotton? The USA had historically planted about 14MM acres of cotton but reduced it to 9MM acres last year, as some of the farmers, particularly in the south, could get two soybean crops in and the revenue is better. This year, with cotton in such a high global demand, more acres are supposed to be planted but the USDA has not yet released these data (at least I haven't seen them). TIA
I live in Iowa, with cornfields as far as the eye can see. Yes, planting is a bit behind normal, but still well within the range needed to get in a full season, with maximum yields.
Here around Memphis, with the flooding, some of the plowing has been done that I normally see this time of year, but there has not been near as much planting of cotton as prior years.
The fields here in Southwest Ohio haven’t been touched.
Too wet...
No, sorry I don't.
The major export of my state is timber and timber products, logs, lumber and etc. I don't know how we got to be known as a major cotton growing state. We're 73% forests and that's growing at one million acres a year.
I've seen beautiful fields of wheat growing (being harvested now) right here on the Gulf Coast...I've never seen wheat grow here before. I always thought it was to humid here for wheat. Anyway, we're now in a drought.
You might be able to find your information here: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1393 (Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin for week ending 15 May)
A short entry on page 15 has cotton at 42% for the end of last week about 2 percentage points behind the 5 year average.
You might be able to find your information here: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1393 (Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin for week ending 15 May)
A short entry on page 15 has cotton at 42% for the end of last week about 2 percentage points behind the 5 year average.