Soybean Yields Rise Further
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/16 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at a record 4.36 billion bushels, up 2% from October and up 11% from last year, according to the USDA.
Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average a record 52.5 bushels per acre, up 1.1 bushels from last month and up 4.5 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record 83.0 million acres, unchanged from last month.
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 2015, pod counts are up in all 11 of the published States. An increase of more than 150 pods per 18 square feet from 2015's final pod count is expected in Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska.
If realized, the forecasted yield will be a record high in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015
and Forecasted November 1, 2016
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2016 : :
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 :-----------------------: 2015 : 2016
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 490 410 41.0 34.0 33.0 20,090 13,530
Arkansas ........: 3,170 3,120 49.0 48.0 48.0 155,330 149,760
Delaware ........: 173 168 40.0 42.0 43.0 6,920 7,224
Georgia .........: 310 255 43.0 40.0 35.0 13,330 8,925
Illinois ........: 9,720 10,050 56.0 62.0 62.0 544,320 623,100
Indiana .........: 5,500 5,680 50.0 59.0 59.0 275,000 335,120
Iowa ............: 9,800 9,500 56.5 58.0 59.0 553,700 560,500
Kansas ..........: 3,860 4,010 38.5 45.0 48.0 148,610 192,480
Kentucky ........: 1,810 1,790 49.0 50.0 50.0 88,690 89,500
Louisiana .......: 1,390 1,210 41.0 49.0 49.0 56,990 59,290
:
Maryland ........: 515 515 40.0 45.0 44.0 20,600 22,660
Michigan ........: 2,020 2,090 49.0 47.0 52.0 98,980 108,680
Minnesota .......: 7,550 7,550 50.0 49.0 52.0 377,500 392,600
Mississippi .....: 2,270 2,030 46.0 48.0 50.0 104,420 101,500
Missouri ........: 4,470 5,550 40.5 50.0 50.0 181,035 277,500
Nebraska ........: 5,270 5,150 58.0 61.0 62.0 305,660 319,300
New Jersey ......: 103 98 32.0 40.0 40.0 3,296 3,920
New York ........: 301 326 43.0 41.0 42.0 12,943 13,692
North Carolina ..: 1,730 1,670 32.0 38.0 36.0 55,360 60,120
North Dakota ....: 5,720 6,010 32.5 39.0 41.0 185,900 246,410
:
Ohio ............: 4,740 4,840 50.0 53.0 55.0 237,000 266,200
Oklahoma ........: 375 470 31.0 27.0 25.0 11,625 11,750
Pennsylvania ....: 575 585 44.0 45.0 46.0 25,300 26,910
South Carolina ..: 370 410 26.5 34.0 34.0 9,805 13,940
South Dakota ....: 5,120 5,170 46.0 46.0 48.0 235,520 248,160
Tennessee .......: 1,720 1,640 46.0 46.0 44.0 79,120 72,160
Texas ...........: 115 145 26.0 27.0 29.0 2,990 4,205
Virginia ........: 620 600 34.5 39.0 37.0 21,390 22,200
Wisconsin .......: 1,870 1,950 49.5 52.0 55.0 92,565 107,250
:
Other States 1/ .: 55 55 42.7 44.3 44.3 2,350 2,437
:
United States ...: 81,732 83,047 48.0 51.4 52.5 3,926,339 4,361,023
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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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