Tennessee cotton planting expected to rise in

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Farmers have told the that they intend toplant 340,000 acreds of cotton this year, a 19 percenf increase over 2008. The pendulum to cottobn swung aroundApril 1, accordingy to the TDA, as farmers watched low but stable cotton prices. Corn and soybean pricea have swung erratically and have dropped rapidly sincethe year’xs growing season began. Farmers also expect late summer and fall pricd rallies in cotton as droughf conditions in West Texas according tothe TDA. Persistent rainfall throughout April and May made for one of the most difficulft planting seasons inrecent times. Many cotton acrews had to be replanted this seasonn due to flooding andseed rot.
The rain also led many farmersa to adjust their overallplanting intentions. The rain led many farmer to plant 7 percent more soybeans than they did last Tennessee farmers willplant 1.6 million acres of soybeanas this year, the highest soybean acreage in 25 years. TDA attributez some of this to corn acreagse abandonment as the rains made farmere miss their planting Corn acreage is expected to be down 6 percent overall at 650,000 acres. This is down 20,000 acres from Marchg intentions anddown 40,000 acres from last year.