date:Nov 21, 2012
ificantly increased their area planted.
We haven't expanded overall planted area like the rest of the world. Our acreage is basically flat, Abbott says.
Since the late 1990s, South America has boosted crop acreage 53%. The nations that make up the former Soviet Union are growing crops on 24% more acres, with acreage up 13.4% in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania. By contrast, crop acreage in the European Union is off 4%.
U.S. corn exports were further hurt by the summer drought. According to the