Comparrison of Soybean Intended

COMPARISON OF SOYBEAN INTENDED, JUNE, ANNUAL PLANTED & HARVEST ACRES

Current: Oct. 16, 1998

Year	Prspct. Planting Report Date	Prspt. Planting (million acres)	June Acres (million acres)	Annual Planted Acres (million acres)	Annual Harvest Acres (million acres)	June Acres/ Prspct. Planting (%)	Annual Planted/ June Acres (%)	Annual Harvest/ Final Planting (%)	Soybeans Planted as of 1st Week of June (%)	Annual Harvest/ Prspct. Planting (%)
1950	March 1	13.5	14.5	14.7	13.3	7.4%	1.4%	-9.6%	N/A	8.9%
1951	March 1	13.8	14.5	14.8	13.2	5.1%	2.3%	-11.0%	N/A	7.5%
1952	March 1	15.5	15.3	15.6	14.1	-1.3%	1.7%	-9.5%	N/A	0.4%
1953	March 1	15.9	15.8	16.1	14.4	-0.6%	1.8%	-10.7%	N/A	1.2%
1954	March 1	18.1	18.8	18.8	17.0	3.9%	-0.3%	-9.2%	N/A	3.6%
1955	March 1	20.0	19.9	19.7	18.6	-0.5%	-1.2%	-5.6%	N/A	-1.7%
1956	March 1	21.8	22.0	22.0	20.9	0.9%	-0.1%	-4.8%	N/A	0.8%
1957	March 1	22.8	22.6	21.8	20.7	-0.9%	-3.5%	-4.9%	N/A	-4.4%
1958	March 1	24.0	24.4	24.9	23.8	1.7%	2.0%	-4.6%	N/A	3.8%
1959	March 1	23.0	22.9	23.2	22.4	-0.4%	1.2%	-3.2%	N/A	0.8%
1960	March 1	25.0	24.4	24.3	23.5	-2.4%	-0.5%	-3.1%	N/A	-2.9%
1961#	March 1	26.0	27.9	28.1	27.3	7.3%	0.8%	-2.8%	N/A	8.2%
1962#	March 1	29.0	28.8	28.7	27.9	-0.7%	-0.3%	-2.9%	N/A	-1.0%
1963#	March 1	30.0	29.9	29.5	28.6	-0.3%	-1.3%	-3.0%	N/A	-1.6%
1964#	March 1	32.0	31.7	31.7	30.7	-0.9%	-0.1%	-3.0%	N/A	-1.0%
1965#	March 1	34.3	35.6	35.4	34.6	3.8%	-0.5%	-2.4%	N/A	3.3%
1966#	March 1	37.1	37.7	37.4	36.6	1.5%	-0.8%	-2.0%	N/A	0.7%
1967#	March 1	40.6	41.0	40.7	39.7	1.0%	-0.8%	-2.3%	N/A	0.2%
1968#	March 1	41.8	41.7	41.6	40.7	-0.2%	-0.3%	-2.2%	N/A	-0.4%
1969#	March 1	43.0	42.4	42.1	40.9	-1.4%	-0.7%	-2.9%	N/A	-2.1%
1970#	March 1	43.1	42.4	43.3	42.4	-1.4%	2.1%	-2.0%	N/A	0.6%
1971#	March 1	46.5	43.6	43.2	42.4	-6.1%	-1.1%	-1.8%	N/A	-7.1%
1972#	March 1	45.5	46.4	47.0	45.5	2.1%	1.2%	-3.3%	N/A	3.3%
1973#	March 1	53.8	56.7	57.3	56.4	5.4%	1.0%	-1.5%	N/A	6.5%
1974	March 1	55.0	53.4	53.6	52.5	-3.0%	0.4%	-2.1%	N/A	-2.7%
1975	March 1	56.6	54.6	54.6	53.6	-3.6%	0.0%	-1.8%	N/A	-3.6%
1976	April 1	49.3	49.0	50.3	49.4	-0.7%	2.8%	-1.8%	N/A	2.0%
1977	April 1	55.7	59.0	59.1	57.9	5.9%	0.2%	-2.0%	N/A	6.1%
1978	April 1	63.7	64.3	64.0	63.0	1.0%	-0.4%	-1.6%	N/A	0.6%
1979	April 1	68.8	71.7	71.6	70.5	4.1%	-0.1%	-1.5%	76%	4.0%
1980	April 1	71.3	70.3	70.1	67.9	-1.4%	-0.3%	-3.2%	89%	-1.7%
1981	March 1	69.8	68.5	68.0	66.7	-1.8%	-0.8%	-1.9%	69%	-2.6%
1982#	February 1	69.5	72.2	72.5	70.8	3.8%	0.4%	-2.3%	75%	4.2%
1983#	February 1	68.8	63.3	63.5	61.8	-8.0%	0.2%	-2.6%	71%	-7.8%
1984#	February 1	65.2	68.0	67.7	66.1	4.3%	-0.4%	-2.4%	74%	3.8%
1985#	February 1	64.4	63.3	63.1	61.6	-1.6%	-0.3%	-2.4%	84%	-1.9%
1986#	March 1	62.0	61.8	61.5	59.4	-0.3%	-0.6%	-3.3%	73%	-0.9%
1987#	March 1	56.9	58.7	57.4	56.4	3.2%	-2.2%	-1.7%	70%	0.9%
1988#	March 1	58.0	58.5	58.9	57.4	0.9%	0.6%	-2.5%	90%	1.5%
1989#	March 1	61.7	61.3	60.7	59.4	-0.6%	-1.1%	-2.1%	75%	-1.7%
1990#	March 1	59.4	58.0	57.8	56.5	-2.3%	-0.4%	-2.2%	66%	-2.7%
1991#	March 1	57.1	59.8	59.1	58.0	4.7%	-1.2%	-1.9%	70%	3.4%
1992#	March 1	57.4	59.0	59.3	58.4	2.8%	0.5%	-1.6%	85%	3.3%
1993#	March 1	59.3	61.6	59.4	56.4	3.8%	-3.6%	-4.9%	72%	0.1%
1994	March 1	61.1	61.8	61.9	61.1	1.1%	0.3%	-1.3%	91%	1.3%
1995#	March 1	61.5	63.1	62.6	61.6	2.7%	-0.8%	-1.5%	59%	1.8%
1996	March 1	62.5	63.9	64.2	63.4	2.3%	0.5%	-1.2%	59%	2.8%
1997	March 1	68.8	70.9	70.9	69.9	3.1%	-0.1%	-1.4%	84%	3.0%
1998	March 1	72.0	72.7	72.7	71.6	1.0%	0.0%	-1.6%	86%	1.0%

	1950-1997
	Average					0.9%	0.0%	-3.3%	75%	0.9%
	Std Dev					3.2%	1.3%	2.5%	9%	3.5%
	Maximum					7.4%	2.8%	-1.2%	91%	8.9%
	Minimum					-8.0%	-3.6%	-11.0%	59%	-7.8%

1999	March 1	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___

# Years in which acreage reduction programs were in effect.
1998 data are from June Acreage Report and the October Crop Report.

Last Updated on 2/18/99
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