US Farmers to Plant Most Corn Since 2020 as Tariffs Loom
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US farmers are boosting corn planting to a five-year high as the looming trade war makes America’s mostly widely grown crop a relatively safe bet even as demand is at risk of being shaken up by reciprocal tariffs.
Farmers are expected to plant 95.3 million acres of corn this spring, up 5% from a year ago and more than the 94.4 million predicted in a Bloomberg survey, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s annual prospective planting report.