U.S. crop acreage down slightly

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Total U.S. crop area is down 1.2 percent from last year, but soybean acres are up 2.3 percent and corn acres are up 1.2 percent according to the Acreage report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Overall, farmers planted 320.9 million acres to principal crops in 2009. This is 3.9 million acres less than last year, but 3.9 million acres more than they indicated in the March 2009 Prospective Plantings report.