date:Jul 16, 2012
irst quarter and get their winter corn in the ground before Brazil's dry season sets in and frost poses a threat in southern states.
Farmers are all but certain to plant more soybeans this year than ever before, analysts said.
In the U.S., the world's leading soybean producer, a Midwest drought has withered expectations for the 2012-13 crop, sending Chicago soybean futures to an all-time high this week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday reduced its estimate for soybean production