WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS --Soybean planted area for 2020 is estimated at 83.8 million acres, up 10% from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Compared with last year, planted acreage is up in 23 major producing States. Area for harvest, forecast at 83.0 million acres, is up 11% from 2019. If realized, this will be the third highest planted and harvested soybean acreage on record.
Producers planted 94% of the 2020 soybean acreage to herbicide resistant seed varieties, unchanged from 2019.
Soybean Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama ..........: 265 310 260 305 Arkansas .........: 2,650 2,950 2,610 2,910 Delaware .........: 155 150 153 148 Georgia ..........: 100 90 93 84 Illinois .........: 9,950 10,400 9,860 10,350 Indiana ..........: 5,400 5,700 5,360 5,680 Iowa .............: 9,200 9,400 9,120 9,320 Kansas ...........: 4,550 5,300 4,490 5,250 Kentucky .........: 1,700 1,850 1,690 1,840 Louisiana ........: 890 1,100 860 1,070 : Maryland .........: 480 420 475 415 Michigan .........: 1,760 2,300 1,720 2,290 Minnesota ........: 6,850 7,400 6,770 7,330 Mississippi ......: 1,660 2,000 1,630 1,970 Missouri .........: 5,100 5,600 5,010 5,550 Nebraska .........: 4,900 5,000 4,840 4,950 New Jersey .......: 95 80 92 78 New York .........: 235 290 225 280 North Carolina ...: 1,540 1,600 1,520 1,570 North Dakota .....: 5,600 6,000 5,400 5,950 : Ohio .............: 4,300 4,800 4,270 4,780 Oklahoma .........: 465 550 440 520 Pennsylvania .....: 620 610 610 605 South Carolina ...: 335 370 320 350 South Dakota .....: 3,500 5,200 3,440 5,150 Tennessee ........: 1,400 1,600 1,370 1,570 Texas ............: 80 135 73 115 Virginia .........: 570 570 560 560 Wisconsin ........: 1,750 2,050 1,690 2,030 : United States ....: 76,100 83,825 74,951 83,020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted.
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