Soybean Plantings To Drop 5%
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/19 - SNS -- Soybean planted area for 2019 is estimated at 84.6 million acres, down 5% from last year, according to this year's USDA seeding intentions report.
Compared with last year, planted acreage is down or unchanged in 26 of the 29 estimating States. Decreases of 300,000 acres or more are anticipated in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. If realized, the planted area in New York and Pennsylvania will be the largest on record.
Beginning in 2019, soybean estimates were discontinued in Florida and West Virginia.
Soybean Area Planted - States and United States: 2017-2019
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2019 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ----------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent
:
Alabama ............: 350 345 280 81
Arkansas ...........: 3,530 3,280 3,100 95
Delaware ...........: 160 170 170 100
Florida 2/ .........: 15 18 (NA) (X)
Georgia ............: 155 145 130 90
Illinois ...........: 10,600 10,800 10,500 97
Indiana ............: 5,950 5,950 5,700 96
Iowa ...............: 10,000 10,000 9,400 94
Kansas .............: 5,150 4,750 4,950 104
Kentucky ...........: 1,950 2,000 1,750 88
:
Louisiana ..........: 1,270 1,340 1,130 84
Maryland ...........: 500 520 510 98
Michigan ...........: 2,280 2,300 2,200 96
Minnesota ..........: 8,150 7,800 7,300 94
Mississippi ........: 2,190 2,230 2,000 90
Missouri ...........: 5,950 5,850 5,500 94
Nebraska ...........: 5,700 5,700 5,400 95
New Jersey .........: 100 105 97 92
New York ...........: 270 330 330 100
North Carolina .....: 1,700 1,650 1,550 94
:
North Dakota .......: 7,100 6,900 6,500 94
Ohio ...............: 5,100 5,000 4,950 99
Oklahoma ...........: 655 630 650 103
Pennsylvania .......: 610 640 650 102
South Carolina .....: 400 390 330 85
South Dakota .......: 5,650 5,650 5,200 92
Tennessee ..........: 1,690 1,700 1,500 88
Texas ..............: 210 175 100 57
Virginia ...........: 600 600 590 98
West Virginia 2/ ...: 27 28 (NA) (X)
Wisconsin ..........: 2,150 2,200 2,150 98
:
United States ......: 90,162 89,196 84,617 95
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Intended plantings in 2019 as indicated by reports from farmers.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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