U.S. Soybean Production Summary - 1925-2015
Soybean Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1924-2015
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1924 ....: 1,567 448 11.0 4,947 2.50 12,162
1925 ....: 1,539 415 11.7 4,875 2.34 11,430
1926 ....: 1,871 466 11.2 5,239 2.00 10,529
1927 ....: 2,057 568 12.2 6,938 1.80 12,562
1928 ....: 2,154 579 13.6 7,880 1.86 14,849
1929 ....: 2,429 708 13.3 9,438 1.86 17,736
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1930 ....: 3,072 1,074 13.0 13,929 1.34 19,058
1931 ....: 3,835 1,141 15.1 17,260 0.48 8,589
1932 ....: 3,704 1,001 15.1 15,158 0.53 8,213
1933 ....: 3,537 1,044 12.9 13,509 0.92 12,698
1934 ....: 5,764 1,556 14.9 23,157 0.96 23,014
1935 ....: 6,966 2,915 16.8 48,901 0.71 35,565
1936 ....: 6,127 2,359 14.3 33,721 1.25 42,857
1937 ....: 6,332 2,586 17.9 46,164 0.84 39,091
1938 ....: 7,318 3,035 20.4 61,906 0.66 41,645
1939 ....: 9,565 4,315 20.9 90,141 0.80 73,049
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1940 ....: 10,487 4,807 16.2 78,045 0.89 70,224
1941 ....: 10,068 5,889 18.2 107,197 1.55 166,042
1942 ....: 13,696 9,894 19.0 187,524 1.60 301,137
1943 ....: 14,191 10,397 18.3 190,133 1.81 345,032
1944 ....: 13,118 10,245 18.8 192,121 2.05 393,893
1945 ....: 13,056 10,740 18.0 193,167 2.08 402,234
1946 ....: 11,706 9,932 20.5 203,395 2.57 522,140
1947 ....: 13,052 11,411 16.3 186,451 3.33 621,477
1948 ....: 11,987 10,682 21.3 227,217 2.27 516,070
1949 ....: 11,872 10,482 22.3 234,194 2.16 506,474
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1950 ....: 15,048 13,807 21.7 299,249 2.47 737,760
1951 ....: 15,176 13,615 20.8 283,777 2.73 773,405
1952 ....: 15,958 14,435 20.7 298,839 2.72 811,377
1953 ....: 16,394 14,829 18.2 269,169 2.72 733,271
1954 ....: 18,541 17,047 20.0 341,075 2.46 840,767
1955 ....: 19,674 18,620 20.1 373,682 2.22 830,909
1956 ....: 21,700 20,620 21.8 449,251 2.18 980,299
1957 ....: 21,938 20,857 23.2 483,425 2.07 1,002,642
1958 ....: 25,108 23,993 24.2 580,250 2.00 1,160,112
1959 ....: 23,349 22,631 23.5 532,899 1.96 1,046,469
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1960 ....: 24,440 23,655 23.5 555,085 2.13 1,184,910
1961 ....: 27,787 27,003 25.1 678,554 2.28 1,543,909
1962 ....: 28,418 27,608 24.2 669,186 2.34 1,564,352
1964 ....: 31,721 30,793 22.8 700,921 2.62 1,836,441
1965 ....: 35,227 34,449 24.5 845,608 2.54 2,151,305
1966 ....: 37,294 36,546 25.4 928,481 2.75 2,553,612
1967 ....: 40,819 39,805 24.5 976,439 2.49 2,433,519
1968 ....: 42,265 41,391 26.7 1,106,958 2.43 2,688,571
1969 ....: 42,534 41,337 27.4 1,133,120 2.35 2,664,204
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Soybean Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1924-2015 (continued)
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1970 ....: 43,082 42,249 26.7 1,127,100 2.85 3,214,710
1971 ....: 43,476 42,705 27.5 1,176,101 3.03 3,560,022
1972 ....: 46,866 45,683 27.8 1,270,608 4.37 5,550,074
1973 ....: 56,549 55,667 27.8 1,547,543 5.68 8,790,042
1974 ....: 52,479 51,341 23.7 1,216,287 6.64 8,078,943
1975 ....: 54,590 53,617 28.9 1,548,344 4.92 7,622,493
1976 ....: 50,269 49,401 26.1 1,288,608 6.81 8,775,761
1977 ....: 58,978 57,830 30.6 1,767,267 5.88 10,383,377
1978 ....: 64,708 63,663 29.4 1,868,754 6.66 12,449,679
1979 ....: 71,411 70,343 32.1 2,260,665 6.29 14,211,229
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1980 ....: 69,930 67,813 26.5 1,797,543 7.60 13,656,017
1981 ....: 67,543 66,163 30.1 1,989,110 6.07 12,056,161
1982 ....: 70,884 69,442 31.5 2,190,297 5.71 12,479,939
1983 ....: 63,779 62,525 26.2 1,635,772 7.83 12,798,513
1984 ....: 67,755 66,113 28.1 1,860,863 5.84 10,864,686
1985 ....: 63,145 61,599 34.1 2,099,056 5.05 10,583,535
1986 ....: 60,405 58,312 33.3 1,942,558 4.78 9,274,487
1987 ....: 58,180 57,172 33.9 1,937,722 5.88 11,391,000
1988 ....: 58,840 57,373 27.0 1,548,841 7.42 11,487,742
1989 ....: 60,820 59,538 32.3 1,923,666 5.69 10,916,145
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1990 ....: 57,795 56,512 34.1 1,925,947 5.74 11,042,010
1991 ....: 59,180 58,011 34.2 1,986,539 5.58 11,091,996
1992 ....: 59,180 58,233 37.6 2,190,354 5.56 12,167,564
1993 ....: 60,085 57,307 32.6 1,869,718 6.40 11,941,449
1994 ....: 61,620 60,809 41.4 2,514,869 5.48 13,746,071
1995 ....: 62,495 61,544 35.3 2,174,254 6.72 14,599,145
1996 ....: 64,195 63,349 37.6 2,380,274 7.35 17,439,971
1997 ....: 70,005 69,110 38.9 2,688,750 6.47 17,372,628
1998 ....: 72,025 70,441 38.9 2,741,014 4.93 13,493,891
1999 ....: 73,730 72,446 36.6 2,653,758 4.63 12,205,352
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2000 ....: 74,266 72,408 38.1 2,757,810 4.54 12,466,572
2001 ....: 74,075 72,975 39.6 2,890,682 4.38 12,605,717
2002 ....: 73,963 72,497 38.0 2,756,147 5.53 15,252,691
2003 ....: 73,404 72,476 33.9 2,453,845 7.34 18,015,097
2004 ....: 75,208 73,958 42.2 3,123,790 5.74 17,895,510
2005 ....: 72,032 71,251 43.1 3,068,342 5.66 17,297,137
2006 ....: 75,522 74,602 42.9 3,196,726 6.43 20,468,267
2007 ....: 64,741 64,146 41.7 2,677,117 10.10 26,974,406
2008 ....: 75,718 74,681 39.7 2,967,007 9.97 29,458,225
2009 ....: 77,451 76,372 44.0 3,360,931 9.59 32,163,204
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2010 ....: 77,404 76,610 43.5 3,331,306 11.30 37,571,277
2011 ....: 75,046 73,776 42.0 3,097,179 12.50 38,542,177
2012 ....: 77,198 76,144 40.0 3,042,044 14.40 43,723,144
2013 ....: 76,840 76,253 44.0 3,357,984 13.00 43,582,901
2014 ....: 83,276 82,591 47.5 3,927,090 10.10 39,474,861
2015 ....: 82,650 81,814 48.0 3,929,160 8.80 34,535,320
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1/ Prior to 1986 price includes adjustments for outstanding loans and government purchases.
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