Source:  SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 4/22/14
 
The USDA's survey of U.S. crop producers last month revealed intentions to plant 81.493 million acres of soybeans this year.  That is 3.765 million more than reported as planted or intended to be planted in June of last year, 4.96 million more than actually planted in 2013, and 4.042 million more than the previous record acreage in 2009. 

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