EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan farmers intend to plant more soybeans and less corn in 2021 than they did last year. Michigan producers intend to plant 2.25 million acres of soybeans, up 2 percent from last year. Producers plan to plant 2.25 million acres of corn, down 4 percent from last year. Winter wheat seedings, at 560 thousand acres, were up 14 percent from 2019 fall plantings.
Area intended for harvest as dry hay in Michigan, at 820 thousand acres, is up 5 percent from last year. Oat planting intentions are up 7 percent from last year, to 75 thousand acres.
Michigan growers intend to plant fewer sugarbeets and dry beans in 2021 than they did in 2020.
— USDA NASS Great Lakes Region
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