Modest Drop in Planned Soybean Area
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/18 - SNS -- Soybean growers intend to plant 89.0 million acres in 2018, down 1% from last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report for 2018.
Compared with last year, planted acreage intentions are down or unchanged in 20 of the 31 estimating States. Decreases of 100,000 acres or more are anticipated in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio.
If realized, the planted area in Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin will be the largest on record.
Soybean Area Planted - States and United States: 2016-2018
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ----------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent
:
Alabama ............: 420 350 350 100
Arkansas ...........: 3,130 3,530 3,600 102
Delaware ...........: 165 160 155 97
Florida ............: 31 15 15 100
Georgia ............: 260 155 170 110
Illinois ...........: 10,100 10,600 10,600 100
Indiana ............: 5,650 5,950 6,100 103
Iowa ...............: 9,500 10,000 9,800 98
Kansas .............: 4,050 5,150 4,900 95
Kentucky ...........: 1,790 1,950 2,000 103
:
Louisiana ..........: 1,230 1,270 1,320 104
Maryland ...........: 520 500 480 96
Michigan ...........: 2,070 2,280 2,150 94
Minnesota ..........: 7,550 8,150 7,900 97
Mississippi ........: 2,040 2,190 2,200 100
Missouri ...........: 5,600 5,950 5,900 99
Nebraska ...........: 5,200 5,700 5,600 98
New Jersey .........: 100 100 105 105
New York ...........: 330 270 320 119
North Carolina .....: 1,690 1,700 1,600 94
:
North Dakota .......: 6,050 7,100 7,100 100
Ohio ...............: 4,850 5,100 4,850 95
Oklahoma ...........: 485 655 570 87
Pennsylvania .......: 580 590 600 102
South Carolina .....: 420 400 380 95
South Dakota .......: 5,200 5,650 5,600 99
Tennessee ..........: 1,660 1,690 1,600 95
Texas ..............: 165 210 160 76
Virginia ...........: 610 600 630 105
West Virginia ......: 27 27 27 100
Wisconsin ..........: 1,960 2,150 2,200 102
:
United States ......: 83,433 90,142 88,982 99
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1/ Intended plantings in 2018 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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