US farmers have rarely been so spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing which crops to plant. Corn, wheat, soyabean, oats, rice, barley, hay, canola and sunflower prices are all at or near record levels. Which crops farmers will plant this year should become clearer on Monday when the US Department of Agriculture publishes its Prospective Plantings report, based on a survey of 86,000 farm operators in the first two weeks of March.
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-times-london
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
