Researcher expects big regional shifts in ’19 soybean acres

A soybean researcher is expecting farmers will plant a lot fewer soybeans next year.  University of Wisconsin’s Shawn Conley says, “Nationally, we’ll be down anywhere from ten to fifteen percent on soybean acres.”

Conley tells Brownfield he expects most of those reduced soybean acreages will happen in the Dakotas, and parts of Minnesota because their traditional Asian markets have closed off.   But, he says farmers in states like Wisconsin might have tough decisions ahead, too. 

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