WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Last year's soybean harvest totalled a record 4.54 billion bushels, up 3% from 2017, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
The average yield was estimated at 51.6 bushels per acre, 2.3 bushels above 2017, but 0.3 bushel below the record yield in 2016. Planted area for the Nation, 89.2 million acres, was down 1% from the 2017 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 88.1 million acres, down 2% from last year.
Record high yields occurred in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, New York, and Ohio.
The 2018 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 final counts for 2017, pod counts were up in 8 of the 11 published States. An increase of more than 200 pods per 18 square feet from 2017's final pod count occurred in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama .......: 420 350 345 410 345 340 Arkansas ......: 3,130 3,530 3,280 3,090 3,500 3,240 Delaware ......: 165 160 170 163 158 168 Florida .......: 31 15 18 29 14 12 Georgia .......: 260 155 145 240 150 135 Illinois ......: 10,100 10,600 10,800 10,050 10,550 10,750 Indiana .......: 5,650 5,950 5,950 5,630 5,940 5,920 Iowa ..........: 9,500 10,000 10,000 9,440 9,940 9,910 Kansas ........: 4,050 5,150 4,750 4,010 5,110 4,700 Kentucky ......: 1,790 1,950 2,000 1,780 1,940 1,990 : Louisiana .....: 1,230 1,270 1,340 1,190 1,250 1,200 Maryland ......: 520 500 520 515 495 515 Michigan ......: 2,070 2,280 2,300 2,060 2,270 2,280 Minnesota .....: 7,550 8,150 7,800 7,490 8,090 7,710 Mississippi ...: 2,040 2,190 2,230 2,020 2,170 2,190 Missouri ......: 5,600 5,950 5,850 5,540 5,910 5,800 Nebraska ......: 5,200 5,700 5,700 5,150 5,670 5,650 New Jersey ....: 100 100 105 98 99 103 New York ......: 330 270 330 320 265 320 North Carolina : 1,690 1,700 1,650 1,660 1,690 1,570 : North Dakota ..: 6,050 7,100 6,900 5,990 7,050 6,860 Ohio ..........: 4,850 5,100 5,000 4,840 5,090 4,980 Oklahoma ......: 485 655 630 470 640 600 Pennsylvania ..: 600 610 640 595 605 630 South Carolina : 420 400 390 405 390 375 South Dakota ..: 5,200 5,650 5,650 5,170 5,610 5,580 Tennessee .....: 1,660 1,690 1,700 1,630 1,660 1,670 Texas .........: 165 210 175 145 185 135 Virginia ......: 610 600 600 600 590 590 West Virginia .: 27 27 28 26 26 27 Wisconsin .....: 1,960 2,150 2,200 1,950 2,140 2,160 : United States .: 83,453 90,162 89,196 82,706 89,542 88,110 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels --------- : Alabama .......: 32.0 46.0 41.0 13,120 15,870 13,940 Arkansas ......: 47.0 51.0 51.0 145,230 178,500 165,240 Delaware ......: 41.5 51.0 42.0 6,765 8,058 7,056 Florida .......: 36.0 34.0 38.0 1,044 476 456 Georgia .......: 30.0 42.0 40.0 7,200 6,300 5,400 Illinois ......: 59.0 58.0 65.0 592,950 611,900 698,750 Indiana .......: 57.5 54.0 58.5 323,725 320,760 346,320 Iowa ..........: 60.0 57.0 57.0 566,400 566,580 564,870 Kansas ........: 48.0 37.5 43.5 192,480 191,625 204,450 Kentucky ......: 50.0 53.0 52.0 89,000 102,820 103,480 : Louisiana .....: 48.5 54.0 52.0 57,715 67,500 62,400 Maryland ......: 41.5 51.0 47.5 21,373 25,245 24,463 Michigan ......: 50.5 42.5 48.0 104,030 96,475 109,440 Minnesota .....: 52.0 47.5 50.5 389,480 384,275 389,355 Mississippi ...: 48.0 53.0 54.5 96,960 115,010 119,355 Missouri ......: 49.0 49.5 45.0 271,460 292,545 261,000 Nebraska ......: 61.0 57.5 59.0 314,150 326,025 333,350 New Jersey ....: 36.0 45.0 40.0 3,528 4,455 4,120 New York ......: 41.0 45.0 52.5 13,120 11,925 16,800 North Carolina : 35.0 40.0 34.0 58,100 67,600 53,380 : North Dakota ..: 41.5 34.5 35.5 248,585 243,225 243,530 Ohio ..........: 54.5 49.5 58.0 263,780 251,955 288,840 Oklahoma ......: 29.0 29.0 30.0 13,630 18,560 18,000 Pennsylvania ..: 44.0 48.0 45.0 26,180 29,040 28,350 South Carolina : 31.0 38.0 29.5 12,555 14,820 11,063 South Dakota ..: 49.5 43.0 46.0 255,915 241,230 256,680 Tennessee .....: 45.0 50.0 46.0 73,350 83,000 76,820 Texas .........: 31.0 37.0 32.0 4,495 6,845 4,320 Virginia ......: 36.0 44.0 43.0 21,600 25,960 25,370 West Virginia .: 51.0 54.0 53.5 1,326 1,404 1,445 Wisconsin .....: 55.0 47.5 49.0 107,250 101,650 105,840 : United States .: 51.9 49.3 51.6 4,296,496 4,411,633 4,543,883 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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