WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2017 totaled a record 4.39 billion bushels, up 2% from 2016, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
The average yield per acre was estimated at 49.1 bushels, 2.9 bushels below the record yield in 2016. Planted area for the Nation, at a record 90.1 million acres, was up 8% from the 2016 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested a record 89.5 million acres, up 8% from last year.
Yields were at record high levels across much of the southern United States from the Delta to the Appalachian Mountains. Record high yields occurred in Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The 2017 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were higher than last year in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with last year, pod counts were up in Arkansas, Missouri, and Ohio.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015-2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama .......: 500 420 350 490 410 345 Arkansas ......: 3,200 3,130 3,530 3,170 3,100 3,500 Delaware ......: 175 165 160 173 163 158 Florida .......: 33 31 15 29 29 14 Georgia .......: 325 260 155 310 240 150 Illinois ......: 9,800 10,100 10,600 9,720 10,050 10,550 Indiana .......: 5,550 5,650 5,950 5,500 5,630 5,940 Iowa ..........: 9,850 9,500 10,000 9,800 9,440 9,940 Kansas ........: 3,900 4,050 5,150 3,860 4,010 5,110 Kentucky ......: 1,840 1,790 1,950 1,810 1,780 1,940 : Louisiana .....: 1,430 1,230 1,270 1,390 1,190 1,250 Maryland ......: 520 520 500 515 515 495 Michigan ......: 2,030 2,070 2,280 2,020 2,060 2,270 Minnesota .....: 7,600 7,550 8,150 7,550 7,490 8,090 Mississippi ...: 2,300 2,040 2,190 2,270 2,020 2,170 Missouri ......: 4,550 5,600 5,950 4,470 5,540 5,910 Nebraska ......: 5,300 5,200 5,700 5,270 5,150 5,670 New Jersey ....: 105 100 100 103 98 99 New York ......: 305 330 270 301 320 265 North Carolina : 1,820 1,690 1,700 1,730 1,660 1,690 : North Dakota ..: 5,750 6,050 7,100 5,720 5,990 7,050 Ohio ..........: 4,750 4,850 5,100 4,740 4,840 5,090 Oklahoma ......: 395 485 655 375 470 640 Pennsylvania ..: 580 580 590 575 575 585 South Carolina : 475 420 400 370 405 390 South Dakota ..: 5,150 5,200 5,650 5,120 5,170 5,610 Tennessee .....: 1,750 1,660 1,690 1,720 1,630 1,660 Texas .........: 130 165 210 115 145 185 Virginia ......: 630 610 600 620 600 590 West Virginia .: 27 27 27 26 26 26 Wisconsin .....: 1,880 1,960 2,150 1,870 1,950 2,140 : United States .: 82,650 83,433 90,142 81,732 82,696 89,522 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015-2017 (continued) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels --------- : Alabama .......: 41.0 32.0 46.0 20,090 13,120 15,870 Arkansas ......: 49.0 47.0 51.0 155,330 145,700 178,500 Delaware ......: 40.0 41.5 51.0 6,920 6,765 8,058 Florida .......: 38.0 36.0 34.0 1,102 1,044 476 Georgia .......: 43.0 30.0 42.0 13,330 7,200 6,300 Illinois ......: 56.0 59.0 58.0 544,320 592,950 611,900 Indiana .......: 50.0 57.5 54.0 275,000 323,725 320,760 Iowa ..........: 56.5 60.0 56.5 553,700 566,400 561,610 Kansas ........: 38.5 48.0 37.0 148,610 192,480 189,070 Kentucky ......: 49.0 50.0 53.0 88,690 89,000 102,820 : Louisiana .....: 41.0 48.5 54.0 56,990 57,715 67,500 Maryland ......: 40.0 41.5 51.0 20,600 21,373 25,245 Michigan ......: 49.0 50.5 42.5 98,980 104,030 96,475 Minnesota .....: 50.0 52.0 47.0 377,500 389,480 380,230 Mississippi ...: 46.0 48.0 53.0 104,420 96,960 115,010 Missouri ......: 40.5 49.0 49.0 181,035 271,460 289,590 Nebraska ......: 58.0 61.0 57.5 305,660 314,150 326,025 New Jersey ....: 32.0 36.0 45.0 3,296 3,528 4,455 New York ......: 43.0 41.0 45.0 12,943 13,120 11,925 North Carolina : 32.0 35.0 40.0 55,360 58,100 67,600 : North Dakota ..: 32.5 41.5 34.0 185,900 248,585 239,700 Ohio ..........: 50.0 54.5 49.5 237,000 263,780 251,955 Oklahoma ......: 31.0 29.0 29.0 11,625 13,630 18,560 Pennsylvania ..: 44.0 44.0 48.0 25,300 25,300 28,080 South Carolina : 26.5 31.0 38.0 9,805 12,555 14,820 South Dakota ..: 46.0 49.5 43.0 235,520 255,915 241,230 Tennessee .....: 46.0 45.0 50.0 79,120 73,350 83,000 Texas .........: 26.0 31.0 37.0 2,990 4,495 6,845 Virginia ......: 34.5 36.0 44.0 21,390 21,600 25,960 West Virginia .: 48.0 51.0 54.0 1,248 1,326 1,404 Wisconsin .....: 49.5 55.0 47.0 92,565 107,250 100,580 : United States .: 48.0 52.0 49.1 3,926,339 4,296,086 4,391,553 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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