This is not just a corn acreage decision for 2008 plantings, because soybean and wheat markets are currently indicating the need for more planted acres for the 2008 season.

这一决定将不仅针对2008年度的玉米播种面积，因为大豆市场和小麦市场目前均有迹象表明2008年度的播种面积需要扩大。

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However, some recovery may occur ahead of planting season in the corn Belt to prevent a further loss in acreage to corn.

但是，在玉米地带播种季节到来之前可能出现的反弹也许会阻止播种面积向玉米流失。

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About 90% of the corn acreage is backed by a generously subsidized federal insurance program, described by Steven Colbert as "Obamacare for the corn, " so crop farmers will be just fine.

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In the 1990s China was one of the first countries to approve some genetically modified cash crops, such as cotton and corn, and today China has more acreage devoted to growing GM crops than just about any other country in the world.

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Although the Murrows doubled their acreage, the farm was still small, and the corn and hay brought in just a few hundred dollars a year.

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