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cent from last year. Area harveste for grain is expected to be 320,C ___ acres, 25,000 acres below last yeargg The final grain acreage may vary de j pending on the condition and size of the com silage crop. Planted acreagq for all soybeans, at 500,000 acres, i{ down 20,000 acres from 1992. In* tended plantings of double cropped soybeans following small grain harj vest was reduced by 30,000 acregj due to dry conditions. Soybean harj' vested acreage is expected to tot 480,000 acres, down 20,000 acrel from last year. Soybean productioifij is forecast at 11.5 million bushelsJJ down 26 percent from last year. Cotj! ton production is 28,500 bales, up3 300 bales from 1992. Harvested!* acreage is expected to total 22,80<J5 acres, up 1,000 acres from last year.**
Alfalfa hay yields are expected tag average 3.4 tons per acre, down O.fi ton from last year. Alfalfa producSS tion is expected to total 442,0CHR tons, a 10 percent decline compare<Q with 1992. All other hay yields arwjt forecast at 2.4 tons per acre. ProducJS tion of other hay, excluding alfalfa i£ expected to total 2,354,000 tons down three percent from 1992. Go to excellent tonnage from the firs! cuttings of hay this spring has beei&f the only bright spot for forage cropff this year. “
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