Modest Dip In Soybean Harvest
WASHINGTON - Aug 13/15 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at 3.92 billion bushels, down 1% from last year, according to the latest USDA production forecast for 2015.
Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 46.9 bushels per acre, down 0.9 bushel from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record 83.5 million acres, down 1% from June but up nearly 1% from 2014. Planted area for the Nation is estimated at 84.3 million acres, down 1% from June.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2014
and Forecasted August 1, 2015
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ---- bushels --- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Alabama ............: 475 480 40.0 40.0 19,000 19,200
Arkansas ...........: 3,210 3,160 50.0 53.0 160,500 167,480
Delaware ...........: 183 163 48.0 46.0 8,784 7,498
Georgia ............: 290 345 40.0 42.0 11,600 14,490
Illinois ...........: 9,780 10,080 56.0 53.0 547,680 534,240
Indiana ............: 5,490 5,690 56.0 49.0 307,440 278,810
Iowa ...............: 9,820 9,920 51.5 52.0 505,730 515,840
Kansas .............: 3,960 3,600 36.0 37.0 142,560 133,200
Kentucky ...........: 1,750 1,840 48.0 50.0 84,000 92,000
Louisiana ..........: 1,405 1,580 57.0 47.0 80,085 74,260
:
Maryland ...........: 505 515 46.0 46.0 23,230 23,690
Michigan ...........: 2,140 2,090 43.0 46.0 92,020 96,140
Minnesota ..........: 7,270 7,620 42.0 48.0 305,340 365,760
Mississippi ........: 2,200 2,330 52.0 48.0 114,400 111,840
Missouri ...........: 5,600 4,950 46.5 38.0 260,400 188,100
Nebraska ...........: 5,350 5,150 54.0 56.0 288,900 288,400
New Jersey .........: 103 103 44.0 42.0 4,532 4,326
New York ...........: 327 317 45.0 47.0 14,715 14,899
North Carolina .....: 1,730 1,830 40.0 36.0 69,200 65,880
North Dakota .......: 5,870 5,770 34.5 34.0 202,515 196,180
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Ohio ...............: 4,840 4,990 52.5 48.0 254,100 239,520
Oklahoma ...........: 355 390 29.0 26.0 10,295 10,140
Pennsylvania .......: 605 655 49.0 47.0 29,645 30,785
South Carolina .....: 440 410 35.0 27.0 15,400 11,070
South Dakota .......: 5,110 5,060 45.0 45.0 229,950 227,700
Tennessee ..........: 1,610 1,820 46.0 45.0 74,060 81,900
Texas ..............: 140 95 38.5 29.0 5,390 2,755
Virginia ...........: 650 660 39.5 42.0 25,675 27,720
Wisconsin ..........: 1,790 1,880 44.0 48.0 78,760 90,240
:
Other States 1/ ....: 63 56 46.3 42.6 2,917 2,385
:
United States ......: 83,061 83,549 47.8 46.9 3,968,823 3,916,448
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1/ Other States include Florida and West Virginia. Individual State level estimates will be
published in the "Crop Production 2015 Summary."
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