Record Soybean Crop
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Soybean planted area for 2016 is estimated at a record high 83.7 million acres, up 1% from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
Area for harvest, at 83.0 million acres, is also up 1% from 2015 and will be a record high if realized. Record high planted acreage is estimated in Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The 2016 soybean planted area is estimated at a record high 83.7 million acres, up 1% from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is up or unchanged in 18 of the 31 major producing States. Increases of 200,000 acres or more are anticipated in Kansas, Minnesota, and Missouri. Area for harvest, at 83.0 million acres, is up 1% from 2015 and will be a record high, if realized.
Producers planted 94% of the 2016 soybean acreage to herbicide resistant seed varieties, unchanged from 2015.
Soybean Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2015 and 2016
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 500 460 490 450
Arkansas .......: 3,200 3,150 3,170 3,120
Delaware .......: 175 180 173 178
Florida ........: 33 30 31 28
Georgia ........: 325 265 315 255
Illinois .......: 9,800 9,900 9,720 9,840
Indiana ........: 5,550 5,700 5,500 5,680
Iowa ...........: 9,850 9,700 9,800 9,650
Kansas .........: 3,900 4,150 3,860 4,110
Kentucky .......: 1,840 1,800 1,810 1,790
:
Louisiana ......: 1,430 1,250 1,395 1,230
Maryland .......: 520 570 515 565
Michigan .......: 2,030 2,150 2,020 2,140
Minnesota ......: 7,600 7,800 7,550 7,750
Mississippi ....: 2,300 2,050 2,270 2,030
Missouri .......: 4,550 5,550 4,480 5,500
Nebraska .......: 5,300 5,300 5,270 5,250
New Jersey .....: 105 100 103 98
New York .......: 305 360 301 356
North Carolina .: 1,820 1,630 1,790 1,600
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North Dakota ...: 5,750 5,900 5,720 5,870
Ohio ...........: 4,750 4,800 4,740 4,790
Oklahoma .......: 395 450 375 430
Pennsylvania ...: 580 600 575 595
South Carolina .: 475 435 370 425
South Dakota ...: 5,150 4,900 5,120 4,870
Tennessee ......: 1,750 1,750 1,720 1,720
Texas ..........: 130 170 115 150
Virginia .......: 630 610 620 600
West Virginia ..: 27 28 26 27
Wisconsin ......: 1,880 1,950 1,870 1,940
:
United States ..: 82,650 83,688 81,814 83,037
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