Table 2. Soybean Planting Intentions, Actual Plantings, and Acres Harvested
Year	January Intentions	Mar./April Intentions	June/July Intentions	Actual	Harvested Acreage
	million acres
1975	57.5	56.6	54.6	54.600	53.8
1976	50.9	49.3	49.0	50.300	49.4
1977	53.1	55.7	59.0	59.000	57.6
1978	63.9	63.7	64.0	64.700	63.3
1979	66.3	68.8	71.6	71.400	70.3
1980	71.6	71.3	70.3	69.900	67.8
1981	----	69.8	68.5	67.500	66.2
1982	69.5^a	---	72.2	70.900	69.4
1983	68.8^a	65.8^b	63.3	63.800	62.5
1984	65.2^a	---	68.0	67.800	66.1
1985	64.4^a	---	63.3	63.100	61.6
1986	---	62.0	61.8	60.400	58.3
1987	---	56.9	58.7	58.180	57.172
1988	---	58.0	58.5	58.840	57.373
1989	---	61.7	61.3	60.820	59.282
1990		59.42	58.05	57.795	56.283
1991	58.5	57.12	59.78	59.180	58.169
1992		57.42	59.03	59.180	58.233
1993		59.30	61.58	60.085	57.307
1994		61.12	61.78	61.620	60.809
1995		61.45	63.105	62.495	61.544
1996		62.478	63.895	64.195	63.349
1997		68.800	70.850	70.005	69.110
1998		72.000	72.720	72.025	70.441
1999		73.105	74.205	73.730	72.446
2000		74.871	74.501	74.266	72.408
2001		76.657	75.416	74.075	72.975
2002		72.966	72.993	73.963	72.497
2003		73.182	73.653	73.404	72.476
2004		75.411	74.809	75.208	73.958
2005		73.910	73.103	72.032	71.251
2006		76.895	74.930	75.522	74.602
2007		67.140	64.081	64.741	64.146
2008		74,793	74.533	75.718	74.681
2009		76,024	77,483	77,510	76,619
^a February 1
^b May 1