P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

July 2, 2012

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Corn Acreage Largest in 75 Years

USDA’s latest acreage report indicates U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5% from last year and the largest corn acreage since 1937.  According to the report, 76.1 million acres were planted in soybeans, up 1% from 2011.  This is the third-largest soybean acreage on record.  Acres planted for all wheat were 56 million acres.  Less cotton was planted this year at 12.6 million acres, down 14% from last year.  The key issue for this year’s corn and soybean crops will be the impact of the extreme dry conditions in much of the Corn Belt.  

 

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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