Average Soybean Yields Drop, But Tie Record
WASHINGTON - Sep 11/20 - SNS -- Soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.31 billion bushels, down 3% from the previous forecast but up 21% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production update.
Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at 83.0 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 11% from 2019.
The September objective yield data for the combined 11 major soybean- producing states (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota) indicate a higher pod count compared with the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2019, pod counts are up in 9 of the 11 published states. Indiana showed the greatest increase, up 495 pods per 18 square feet from the previous year.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019
and Forecasted September 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-----------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 260 305 36.0 41.0 38.0 9,360 11,590
Arkansas ........: 2,610 2,910 49.0 49.0 49.0 127,890 142,590
Delaware ........: 153 148 47.0 48.0 47.0 7,191 6,956
Georgia .........: 93 84 29.0 37.0 40.0 2,697 3,360
Illinois ........: 9,860 10,350 54.0 64.0 62.0 532,440 641,700
Indiana .........: 5,360 5,680 51.0 61.0 60.0 273,360 340,800
Iowa ............: 9,120 9,320 55.0 58.0 54.0 501,600 503,280
Kansas ..........: 4,490 5,250 41.5 46.0 44.0 186,335 231,000
Kentucky ........: 1,690 1,840 46.0 54.0 55.0 77,740 101,200
Louisiana .......: 860 1,070 48.0 55.0 55.0 41,280 58,850
:
Maryland ........: 475 415 44.0 47.0 49.0 20,900 20,335
Michigan ........: 1,720 2,290 40.5 51.0 48.0 69,660 109,920
Minnesota .......: 6,770 7,330 44.0 51.0 52.0 297,880 381,160
Mississippi .....: 1,630 1,970 50.0 55.0 53.0 81,500 104,410
Missouri ........: 5,010 5,550 46.0 53.0 51.0 230,460 283,050
Nebraska ........: 4,840 4,950 58.5 62.0 60.0 283,140 297,000
New Jersey ......: 92 78 37.0 41.0 41.0 3,404 3,198
New York ........: 225 280 48.0 50.0 49.0 10,800 13,720
North Carolina ..: 1,520 1,570 35.0 37.0 38.0 53,200 59,660
North Dakota ....: 5,400 5,950 31.5 36.0 36.0 170,100 214,200
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Ohio ............: 4,270 4,780 49.0 58.0 56.0 209,230 267,680
Oklahoma ........: 440 520 29.0 31.0 30.0 12,760 15,600
Pennsylvania ....: 610 605 49.0 47.0 49.0 29,890 29,645
South Carolina ..: 320 350 26.0 32.0 30.0 8,320 10,500
South Dakota ....: 3,440 5,150 42.5 50.0 48.0 146,200 247,200
Tennessee .......: 1,370 1,570 47.0 49.0 50.0 64,390 78,500
Texas ...........: 73 115 28.0 31.0 37.0 2,044 4,255
Virginia ........: 560 560 34.0 37.0 39.0 19,040 21,840
Wisconsin .......: 1,690 2,030 47.0 54.0 54.0 79,430 109,620
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United States ...: 74,951 83,020 47.4 53.3 51.9 3,552,241 4,312,819
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