USDA: Oklahoma Farmers to Plant More Soybeans (Apr 03, 2008)
At precisely 8:30am this Monday morning, US agriculture officials released their 2008 crop plantings projection. It’s a state by state snapshot of the nation’s changing agricultural economy and reveals how farmers are placing their bets for the coming year on commodity crops like corn, wheat and cotton. Reporter Elizabeth Wynne Johnson has an inside look at the elaborate security measures needed to keep the forecast under wraps until the crucial moment. Guests include U.S. agriculture Statistics Chief Carol House, Reuters’ veteran commodities watcher Chuck Abbott and Oklahoma Agriculture Department spokesperson Jack Carson.

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