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USDA: Soybean Crop Will Hit Record High in 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Farmers will plant a record soybean crop this year while also boosting corn acres by 3 percent, according to an Agriculture Department estimate.

The increases could boost year-end reserves of the major food crops and ease fears of food shortages after high demand from the ethanol industry and overseas consumers drew down supplies two years ago.

Farmers plan to plant a record 78.1 million acres of soybeans in 2010, and 88.8 million acres of corn. Soybean acres are up less than 1 percent.

The total area planted in major food crops nationwide will hold steady at 319.5 million acres, after declining 5.7 percent in 2009.

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