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Corn Planted Acreage Up 5 Percent from 2010

Corn planted area for all purposes in 2011 is estimated at 92.3 million acres, up 5 percent from last year, and the second highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944, behind only the 93.5 million acres planted in 2007. Growers expect to harvest 84.9 million acres for grain, up 4 percent from last year.
 
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain - States and United States:
2010 and 2011
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                 :   Area planted for all purposes   :     Area harvested for grain     
      State      :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                 :      2010       :      2011       :      2010       :     2011 1/    
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                 :                              1,000 acres                             
                 :                                                                      
Alabama .........:        270               270               250               240     
Arizona .........:         45                45                22                18     
Arkansas ........:        390               500               380               480     
California ......:        610               640               180               150     
Colorado ........:      1,330             1,400             1,210             1,250     
Connecticut 2/ ..:         26                26              (NA)              (NA)     
Delaware ........:        180               190               173               183     
Florida .........:         60                65                25                28     
Georgia .........:        295               365               245               300     
Idaho ...........:        320               390               110               130     
                 :                                                                      
Illinois ........:     12,600            12,500            12,400            12,300     
Indiana .........:      5,900             5,900             5,720             5,700     
Iowa ............:     13,400            14,200            13,050            13,750     
Kansas ..........:      4,850             5,100             4,650             4,800     
Kentucky ........:      1,340             1,440             1,230             1,340     
Louisiana .......:        510               570               500               550     
Maine 2/ ........:         28                29              (NA)              (NA)     
Maryland ........:        500               510               430               450     
Massachusetts 2/ :         17                19              (NA)              (NA)     
Michigan ........:      2,400             2,550             2,100             2,250     
                 :                                                                      
Minnesota .......:      7,700             8,100             7,300             7,650     
Mississippi .....:        750               860               670               820     
Missouri ........:      3,150             3,250             3,000             3,100     
Montana .........:         80                75                34                36     
Nebraska ........:      9,150            10,000             8,850             9,650     
Nevada 2/ .......:          4                 8              (NA)              (NA)     
New Hampshire 2/ :         15                16              (NA)              (NA)     
New Jersey ......:         80                90                71                82     
New Mexico ......:        140               135                66                55     
New York ........:          1,050             1,040               590               600     
                 :                                                                      
North Carolina ..:        910               900               840               830     
North Dakota ....:      2,050             2,300             1,880             2,100     
Ohio ............:             3,450             3,500             3,270             3,320     
Oklahoma ........:        370               400               340               350     
Oregon ..........:          70                75                38                40     
Pennsylvania ....:      1,350             1,400               910               930     
Rhode Island 2/ .:          2                 2              (NA)              (NA)     
South Carolina ..:        350               360               335               340     
South Dakota ....:      4,550             5,200             4,220             4,800     
Tennessee .......:        710               770               640               710     
                 :                                                                      
Texas ...........:             2,300             1,950             2,080             1,700     
Utah ............:         70                75                23                25     
Vermont 2/ ......:         92                90              (NA)              (NA)     
Virginia ........:        490               490               310               340     
Washington ......:        200               190               125               115     
West Virginia ...:         48                47                29                31     
Wisconsin .......:      3,900             4,150             3,100             3,280     
Wyoming .........:         90               100                50                65     
                 :                                                                      
United States ...:     88,192            92,282            81,446            84,888     
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(NA)  Not available.                                                                    
1/    Forecasted.                                                                       
2/    Area harvested for grain not estimated.                                           

 

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