WASHINGTON - Nov 9/17 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at a record 4.43 billion bushels, down less than 1% from October but up 3% from last year, according to the latest crop estimates from the USDA.
Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 49.5 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but down 2.5 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record high 89.5 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 lower pod count from the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2016, pod counts are down in 8 of the 11 published States. A decrease of more than 200 pods per 18 square feet from 2016's final pod count is expected in Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016 and Forecasted November 1, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : 2017 : : : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 :-----------------------: 2016 : 2017 : : : : October 1 :November 1 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels -- : Alabama .........: 410 340 32.0 44.0 45.0 13,120 15,300 Arkansas ........: 3,100 3,500 47.0 51.0 50.0 145,700 175,000 Delaware ........: 163 158 41.5 51.0 51.0 6,765 8,058 Georgia .........: 240 145 30.0 45.0 40.0 7,200 5,800 Illinois ........: 10,050 10,540 59.0 57.0 58.0 592,950 611,320 Indiana .........: 5,630 5,940 57.5 55.0 55.0 323,725 326,700 Iowa ............: 9,440 9,950 60.0 56.0 56.0 566,400 557,200 Kansas ..........: 4,010 5,100 48.0 41.0 40.0 192,480 204,000 Kentucky ........: 1,780 1,940 50.0 53.0 52.0 89,000 100,880 Louisiana .......: 1,190 1,240 48.5 54.0 54.0 57,715 66,960 : Maryland ........: 515 495 41.5 50.0 50.0 21,373 24,750 Michigan ........: 2,060 2,280 50.5 49.0 45.0 104,030 102,600 Minnesota .......: 7,490 8,100 52.0 46.0 46.0 389,480 372,600 Mississippi .....: 2,020 2,170 48.0 52.0 52.0 96,960 112,840 Missouri ........: 5,540 5,920 49.0 49.0 49.0 271,460 290,080 Nebraska ........: 5,150 5,650 61.0 56.0 58.0 314,150 327,700 New Jersey ......: 98 98 36.0 40.0 42.0 3,528 4,116 New York ........: 320 265 41.0 49.0 47.0 13,120 12,455 North Carolina ..: 1,660 1,670 35.0 39.0 41.0 58,100 68,470 North Dakota ....: 5,990 7,100 41.5 36.0 35.0 248,585 248,500 : Ohio ............: 4,840 5,040 54.5 52.0 51.0 263,780 257,040 Oklahoma ........: 470 630 29.0 27.0 29.0 13,630 18,270 Pennsylvania ....: 575 585 44.0 52.0 50.0 25,300 29,250 South Carolina ..: 405 390 31.0 36.0 37.0 12,555 14,430 South Dakota ....: 5,170 5,610 49.5 45.0 45.0 255,915 252,450 Tennessee .......: 1,630 1,660 45.0 50.0 51.0 73,350 84,660 Texas ...........: 145 185 31.0 37.0 38.0 4,495 7,030 Virginia ........: 600 590 36.0 42.0 45.0 21,600 26,550 Wisconsin .......: 1,950 2,140 55.0 47.0 46.0 107,250 98,440 : Other States 1/ .: 55 40 43.1 44.7 45.8 2,370 1,830 : United States ...: 82,696 89,471 52.0 49.5 49.5 4,296,086 4,425,279 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include Florida and West Virginia. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2017 Summary."
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