Prospect of American spring sowing: American growers will increase corn planting

Introduction: according to industry analysts, weather permitting, corn will be in sufficient supply in the United States in 2005, because growers will reduce soybean planting area and increase corn area accordingly Experts say farmers in the Midwest may be more willing to plant corn in the spring than soybeans because of soybean disease and other crop problems According to Matt Forman, an analyst with Donne agricultural services, based in St Louis, Missouri, Asian soybean rust will lead to an increase in corn acreage this year, as well as problems such as aphids, root rot and mold The U.S Department of Agriculture plans to release its first report on this year's sown area on March 31, which is based on a survey of farmers Now the general market view is that corn sown area will increase by 1.25 to 3.75 percentage points, while soybean sown area will decrease similarly Some analysts pointed out that the corn planting area in the United States will be slightly higher than 82 million acres in 2005 This year, some consultants forecast a 1 to 1.5 million acre increase in corn acreage, while others predict a 2 million acre increase Sean mccanbridge of bacon Securities said corn acreage would increase by 2.1 million to 2.2 million acres In addition, with the use of high-yield hybrid seeds, the per unit yield of corn has been greatly increased, which also makes more farmers join the camp of planting corn In addition, corn will be planted in many fields where soft red winter wheat was originally planted last autumn Farmers were unable to plant wheat because of the heavy rain in the eastern part of the Midwest last autumn