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This map gives you a rough sense of all the ways U.S. land is used. Much of U.S. land serves specific purposes, such as the 2 million acres devoted to golf courses or the 3 million acres for airports.bloom.bg/37XnVYh
3/3 Roughly 26% of the U.S. milk #cow inventory is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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2/ Roughly 43% of the U.S. #cattle inventory is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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1/ Roughly 23% of the U.S. #hog inventory is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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1/ Roughly 38% of U.S. spring #wheat production is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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2/2 Roughly 49% of U.S. winter #wheat production is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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1/ Roughly 27% of U.S. #soybean production is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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2/ Percentage of #soybeans in #drought conditions by state. #Arkansas, #Mississippi and #Louisiana lead the U.S. with 100% of their soybean areas experiencing drought conditions:
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2/ Percentage of #corn in #drought conditions by state. #Arkansas and #Louisiana lead the U.S. with 100% of their corn areas experiencing drought conditions:
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1/ Roughly 20% of U.S. #corn production is in an area experiencing #drought conditions, according to the @USDA weekly Ag in Drought report:
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Iowa daily cash grain bids — Oct. 21 — bit.ly/3ApvsPi
#Iowa average price:
- #Corn: $4.21
- #Soybeans: $11.76
Illinois grain bids — Oct. 21 — bit.ly/3KrLGw9
#Illinois average price:
- #Corn: 4.33
- #Soybeans: 12.14
Estimates of #corn gross value of production less total costs per acre in #Brazil's Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul, from 2017 to 2025.
From the @USDA_ERS: tinyurl.com/mrxupzs2
1/ Producers of second-crop corn in #Brazil had higher national average returns per bushel over total economic costs than first-corn crop: $0.72 compared with -$0.32.
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2/2 Estimates of #corn gross value of production less operating costs per acre in #Brazil's Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul, from 2017 to 2025.
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1/ Estimates of #corn gross value of production less operating costs per acre in the U.S. Heartland and Brazil's Mato Grosso, from 2017 to 2025.
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2/2 Estimates of #corn gross value of production less total costs per acre in the U.S. Heartland and #Brazil's Mato Grosso, from 2017 to 2025.
From the @USDA_ERS: tinyurl.com/mrxupzs2
