Record U.S. Soybean Crop
WASHINGTON - Nov 10/15 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at a record 3.98 billion bushels, up 2% from October and up 1% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates for 2015.
Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 48.3 bushels per acre, up 1.1 bushels from last month and up 0.8 bushel from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at 82.4 million acres, unchanged from last month.
Area for harvest is forecast at 82.4 million acres, unchanged from October but down slightly from 2014.
The November objective yield data for the combined 11 major soybean-producing States (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota) indicate a higher pod count from the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2014, pod counts are up in 7 of the 11 published States. The largest increase from 2014's final pod count is expected in Kansas, up 262 pods per 18 square feet. A decrease of more than 100 pods per 18 square feet is expected in Arkansas, Missouri, and North Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2014
and Forecasted November 1, 2015
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2015 : :
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 :-----------------------: 2014 : 2015
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 470 490 40.0 42.0 42.0 18,800 20,580
Arkansas ........: 3,200 3,160 49.5 52.0 51.0 158,400 161,160
Delaware ........: 183 167 47.5 41.0 43.0 8,693 7,181
Georgia .........: 290 320 40.0 44.0 44.0 11,600 14,080
Illinois ........: 9,770 9,830 56.0 54.0 56.0 547,120 550,480
Indiana .........: 5,440 5,580 55.5 51.0 51.0 301,920 284,580
Iowa ............: 9,770 9,820 51.0 53.0 56.0 498,270 549,920
Kansas ..........: 3,960 3,900 35.5 37.0 38.0 140,580 148,200
Kentucky ........: 1,750 1,820 47.5 49.0 52.0 83,125 94,640
Louisiana .......: 1,395 1,410 56.5 41.0 41.0 78,818 57,810
:
Maryland ........: 505 505 46.0 44.0 44.0 23,230 22,220
Michigan ........: 2,040 2,040 42.5 46.0 48.0 86,700 97,920
Minnesota .......: 7,270 7,580 41.5 48.0 50.0 301,705 379,000
Mississippi .....: 2,190 2,280 52.0 46.0 46.0 113,880 104,880
Missouri ........: 5,590 4,620 46.5 41.0 43.0 259,935 198,660
Nebraska ........: 5,330 5,200 54.0 56.0 56.0 287,820 291,200
New Jersey ......: 103 103 44.0 38.0 34.0 4,532 3,502
New York ........: 327 302 44.5 46.0 46.0 14,552 13,892
North Carolina ..: 1,730 1,810 40.0 33.0 34.0 69,200 61,540
North Dakota ....: 5,870 5,770 34.5 33.0 33.0 202,515 190,410
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Ohio ............: 4,690 4,790 52.5 50.0 50.0 246,225 239,500
Oklahoma ........: 365 380 28.0 27.0 29.0 10,220 11,020
Pennsylvania ....: 565 595 49.0 46.0 46.0 27,685 27,370
South Carolina ..: 440 465 35.0 29.0 28.0 15,400 13,020
South Dakota ....: 5,110 5,110 45.0 46.0 46.0 229,950 235,060
Tennessee .......: 1,610 1,730 46.0 44.0 47.0 74,060 81,310
Texas ...........: 135 115 38.5 33.0 33.0 5,198 3,795
Virginia ........: 640 620 39.5 39.0 37.0 25,280 22,940
Wisconsin .......: 1,790 1,860 44.0 48.0 50.0 78,760 93,000
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Other States 1/ .: 63 57 46.3 41.2 43.3 2,917 2,467
:
United States ...: 82,591 82,429 47.5 47.2 48.3 3,927,090 3,981,337
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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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