Source: AGRI-PULSE, 3/31/17

U.S. cotton farmers are planning to sow 12.2 million acres this year, up 21 percent from last year, driven by expectations of higher prices in 2017, USDA said today in a report based on a survey of growers. The estimate is also up from the 11.5 million planted acres the department predicted at its annual Outlook Forum in late February. Projections for most other major crops, including corn, soybeans and wheat, hewed closely to the February estimates.

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