FAO/GIEWS
- Food Outlook No. 3, June 1998 Page 14
Table A.11 - UNITED STATES:
PLANTED ACREAGE FOR 1998 SPRING CROPS
| |
1998 Planted acreage
|
Change 1998 over 1997
|
|
1998 Planted acreage
|
Change 1998 over 1997
|
|
|
(. million ha. .)
|
(percentage)
|
|
(. million ha. .)
|
(percentage)
|
| Coarse grains |
|
|
Other Crops |
|
|
| |
|
|
Wheat |
27.13 |
-5.6 |
| Maize |
32.69 |
0.7 |
- winter |
(18.87) |
(-3.5) |
| Sorghum |
3.65 |
-10.8 |
- spring |
(8.26) |
(-10.0) |
| Oats |
2.09 |
0.3 |
Rice |
1.25 |
0.9 |
| Barley |
2.74 |
-1.9 |
Soybean |
29.14 |
1.6 |
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|
|
All cotton |
5.35 |
-4.4 |
| TOTAL |
41.17 |
-0.7 |
Sunflowerseed |
1.27 |
6.8 |
SOURCE: USDA: Prospective Plantings, 31 March
1997.
