Total planted acreage for major crops in Oklahoma is up 4 percent from last year, according to the Oklahoma Field Office of USDAs NASS. Wheat, rye, and cotton show an increase in planted acreage while, oats, sorghum, soybeans and peanuts show a
decline.

Wheat planted acres are estimated at 5.9 million acres, up 5 percent from 2008. Acres harvested for grain, at 3.6 million, are down 20 percent from last year. Oats planted acreage is estimated at 45,000 acres, down 10 percent from last year. Acres harvested for grain are forecast at 10,000, unchanged from 2008.

Rye plantings are estimated at 310,000 acres, up 11 percent from 2008. Harvested acres, at 65,000, are 18 percent above last year.

Cotton planted acreage is forecast at 180,000 acres, up 6 percent from last year. The first harvested acreage forecast of the year will be issued on August 12, 2009.

Corn planted acres are forecast at 370,000 acres, unchanged from 2008. Acres for grain, at 310,000, are down 3 percent from last year. Sorghum planted acres are forecast at 300,000 acres, down 14 percent from 2008. Acres for grain, at 240,000, are down 23
percent from last year.

Soybean planted acreage is forecast at 320,000 acres, down 20 percent from 2008. Harvested acres are expected to total 290,000 acres, 19 percent below last year.
Peanut planted acreage is forecast at 17,000, 11 percent below last year. Harvested acres are expected to total 16,000, also down 11 percent.

All hay acreage is forecast at 3.0 million, up 3 percent from 2008. Alfalfa hay, at 300,000 acres, is 3 percent below last year. All other hay is forecast at 2.7 million acres, up 4 percent from last year.

Survey results are based on Oklahoma farmers and ranchers reports from the June Agricultural Survey conducted during the first two weeks of June 2009
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U.S. Crop Acreage Down Slightly in 2009, But Corn and Soybean Acres Up

Total U.S. crop area is down 1.2 percent from last year, but soybean acres are up 2.3 percent and corn acres are up 1.2 percent according to the Acreage report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Overall, farmers planted 320.9 million acres to principal crops in 2009. This is 3.9 million acres less than last year, but 3.9 million acres more than they indicated in the March 2009 Prospective Plantings report. The most significant acreage declines were in North Dakota, down 2.1 million, and Texas, down 570,000 acres.

Despite the overall decline in planted area, farmers sowed a record-high 77.5 million acres to soybeans, up 1.8 million acres from last year and up 1.5 million acres, or almost 2 percent, from March. Compared with 2008, soybean area is up more than 200,000 acres in five states: Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Farmers planted 87 million corn acres in 2009, up 1 million acres from last year. This is the second-largest corn acreage in more than 60 years, behind 2007. Despite wet weather in many growing areas, farmers reported that 97 percent of intended corn acreage was planted by early June, compared with the 10-year average of 98 percent.

NASS acreage estimates are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of June on approximately 11,000 segments of land and from a sample of approximately 73,500 farm operators across the United States. Principal crops included in the survey are corn, sorghum, oats, barley, winter wheat, rye, durum wheat, other spring wheat, rice, soybeans, peanuts, sunflower, cotton, dry edible beans, potatoes, sugar beets, canola and proso millet, as well as harvested area for all hay, tobacco and sugar cane.