Record Soybean Crop in Fields
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/16 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at a record 4.06 billion bushels, up 3% from last year, according to the USDA's latest estimate for the crop.
Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average a record 48.9 bushels per acre, up 0.9 bushel from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record 83.0 million acres, unchanged from the June forecast but up 1% from 2015. Planted area for the Nation is estimated at a record 83.7 million acres, also unchanged from June.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015
and Forecasted August 1, 2016
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ---- bushels --- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Alabama ............: 490 450 41.0 39.0 20,090 17,550
Arkansas ...........: 3,170 3,120 49.0 47.0 155,330 146,640
Delaware ...........: 173 178 40.0 46.0 6,920 8,188
Georgia ............: 315 255 43.0 40.0 13,545 10,200
Illinois ...........: 9,720 9,840 56.0 57.0 544,320 560,880
Indiana ............: 5,500 5,680 50.0 55.0 275,000 312,400
Iowa ...............: 9,800 9,650 56.5 57.0 553,700 550,050
Kansas .............: 3,860 4,110 38.5 40.0 148,610 164,400
Kentucky ...........: 1,810 1,790 49.0 48.0 88,690 85,920
Louisiana ..........: 1,395 1,230 41.0 50.0 57,195 61,500
:
Maryland ...........: 515 565 40.0 45.0 20,600 25,425
Michigan ...........: 2,020 2,140 49.0 45.0 98,980 96,300
Minnesota ..........: 7,550 7,750 50.0 47.0 377,500 364,250
Mississippi ........: 2,270 2,030 46.0 47.0 104,420 95,410
Missouri ...........: 4,480 5,500 40.5 48.0 181,440 264,000
Nebraska ...........: 5,270 5,250 58.0 59.0 305,660 309,750
New Jersey .........: 103 98 32.0 41.0 3,296 4,018
New York ...........: 301 356 43.0 40.0 12,943 14,240
North Carolina .....: 1,790 1,600 32.0 36.0 57,280 57,600
North Dakota .......: 5,720 5,870 32.5 33.0 185,900 193,710
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Ohio ...............: 4,740 4,790 50.0 52.0 237,000 249,080
Oklahoma ...........: 375 430 31.0 27.0 11,625 11,610
Pennsylvania .......: 575 595 44.0 46.0 25,300 27,370
South Carolina .....: 370 425 26.5 33.0 9,805 14,025
South Dakota .......: 5,120 4,870 46.0 42.0 235,520 204,540
Tennessee ..........: 1,720 1,720 46.0 46.0 79,120 79,120
Texas ..............: 115 150 26.0 28.0 2,990 4,200
Virginia ...........: 620 600 34.5 41.0 21,390 24,600
Wisconsin ..........: 1,870 1,940 49.5 52.0 92,565 100,880
:
Other States 1/ ....: 57 55 42.6 42.4 2,426 2,332
:
United States ......: 81,814 83,037 48.0 48.9 3,929,160 4,060,188
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1/ Other States include Florida and West Virginia. Individual State level estimates will be
published in the "Crop Production 2016 Summary."
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