Early 2007 finds cotton spinners uncharacteristically concise with their commentary, which may reflect some uncertainty about where the business is headed. All markets are at risk from imports, said an industry observer. You have to experiment with new products or suffer with commodity prices. In the West, for the second consecutive year, California growers intend to plant less area to upland cotton, with the shift this year to ELS cotton and wheat. The company has been fighting a marathon...

Some market analysts had projected 90 million acres or more. The trade was guessing the corn acreage number would be about 88 million acres. The best growing conditions for many years in the Great Plains and strong wheat price seems to have caused the winter talk about replanting fall-planted wheat to row crops this spring to fade away. crop of soybeans last fall and the record crops of Brazilian and Argentinean soybeans being harvested right now give the world an ample supply of soybeans...

Department of Agriculture's annual prospective plantings report said. Iowa remains on top with the most corn acres to be planted at 13. He said even some southern farmers are choosing corn over cotton and rice. During the first two weeks of March, the USDA asked more than 86,000 farmers across the country what they intended to plant this year. Cotton is expected to be planted on 12. Corn planting plans are up; soybeans, cotton, rice down. Real solutions for your real estate needs. Figures...

farmers are responding to market signals by planning to plant more than 90 million acres of corn this year, the largest acreage since World War II. In addition to the huge loss in soybean acres, about 3 million more than trade analysts had anticipated, the new corn acreage also is coming at the expense of spring wheat and cotton, in regions of the country where those crops are grown. Expected acreage is up in nearly all states, as high corn prices are encouraging farmers to plant more...

The government said that if farmers followed through with their stated intentions, soybean acreage would drop 11 percent and cotton acreage would fall 20 percent. The rush to plant corn comes at the cost of other crops, particularly soybeans and cotton. Corn should be planted by mid-May for good yields and soybeans can be planted as late as June, which could be a fallback plan for farmers if corn doesn't get planted in time. Department of Agriculture's annual prospective plantings report...