(Reuters) — Informa Economics trimmed its forecast for U.S. 2015 corn plantings to 88.537 million acres and lowered its forecast for soybeans to 87.485 million acres, the private analytics firm said in a note to clients on Friday.
In January, Informa, based in Memphis, Tennessee, projected 2015 corn seedings at 88.612 million acres and soybeans at 88.032 million acres.
Informa projected U.S. all-wheat seedings at 55.953 million acres, including 40.872 million acres of winter wheat, 13.116 million of spring wheat other than durum, and 1.965 million acres or durum wheat.
The firm projected 2015 sorghum plantings at 8.170 million acres and all-cotton seedings at 9.632 million acres.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release its annual planting intentions report on March 31. USDA in February said it expected 2015 corn plantings of 89 million acres and soybean seedings at 83.5 million.
