Source: Roy Roberson, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 8/3/11

What happened to soybean acreage in the Deep South? Prices are good, planting conditions are better for later than early planted crops, and optimism seemed high back in March. Crop updates released in early July by the USDA indicate a drop of about 200,000 acres of soybeans in the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Florida from the March USDA Planting Intentions Survey.

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