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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas growers have planted far less corn this spring while also planting the second highest soybean acreage on record.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that soybean plantings in the state are estimated at 4.25 million acres. That is an 18 percent jump from just a year ago.
Corn growers planted 4.1 million acres this season, down 5 percent from last year.
Also down is the acreage seeded in sorghum at 2.8 million acres in Kansas. That is a drop of 10 percent from a year ago.
Winter wheat seeded in the fall of 2013 totaled 9.3 million acres, down 2 percent. But drought has taken its toll, with the latest forecast showing just 8.4 million acres of wheat expected to be harvested.
© Associated Press
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