Modest Drop In Soybean Yields
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/23 - SNS -- Soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.15 billion bushels, down 1% from the previous forecast and down 3% from 2022, according to the latest USDA production estimates for 2023.
Based on conditions as of September 1, yields are expected to average 50.1 bushels per acre, down 0.8 bushel from the previous forecast but up 0.6 bushel from 2022.
Total planted area, at 83.6 million acres, is up less than 1% from the previous estimate but down 4% from the previous year. Area harvested for beans in the United States is forecast at 82.8 million acres, up less than 1% from the previous forecast but down 4% from 2022. Acreage updates were made in several States based on a thorough review of all available data.
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 2022, pod counts are up in 9 of the 11 published States. Arkansas showed the greatest increase, up 332 pods per 18 square feet from the previous year.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2022 and 2023
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 360 350 355 345
Arkansas .........: 3,180 2,980 3,150 2,950
Delaware .........: 160 150 158 148
Georgia ..........: 165 160 160 155
Illinois .........: 10,800 10,350 10,750 10,300
Indiana ..........: 5,850 5,500 5,830 5,480
Iowa .............: 10,100 9,950 10,030 9,870
Kansas ...........: 5,050 4,450 4,810 4,400
Kentucky .........: 1,950 1,800 1,940 1,790
Louisiana ........: 1,260 1,030 1,210 1,000
:
Maryland .........: 520 470 510 460
Michigan .........: 2,250 2,020 2,240 2,010
Minnesota ........: 7,450 7,350 7,390 7,280
Mississippi ......: 2,310 2,180 2,290 2,150
Missouri .........: 6,100 5,600 6,060 5,550
Nebraska .........: 5,750 5,250 5,680 5,200
New Jersey .......: 110 110 108 108
New York .........: 350 355 325 345
North Carolina ...: 1,700 1,650 1,690 1,640
North Dakota .....: 5,700 6,200 5,670 6,150
:
Ohio .............: 5,100 4,750 5,080 4,730
Oklahoma .........: 545 470 385 420
Pennsylvania .....: 600 570 590 560
South Carolina ...: 405 395 390 380
South Dakota .....: 5,100 5,100 5,070 5,050
Tennessee ........: 1,650 1,600 1,620 1,570
Texas ............: 155 130 85 110
Virginia .........: 620 580 610 570
Wisconsin ........: 2,160 2,100 2,150 2,070
:
United States ....: 87,450 83,600 86,336 82,791
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1/ Forecasted.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2022
and Forecasted September 1, 2023
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2023 : :
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 :-----------------------: 2022 : 2023
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 355 345 41.0 42.0 43.0 14,555 14,835
Arkansas ........: 3,150 2,950 52.0 53.0 53.0 163,800 156,350
Delaware ........: 158 148 43.0 50.0 45.0 6,794 6,660
Georgia .........: 160 155 41.0 42.0 42.0 6,560 6,510
Illinois ........: 10,750 10,300 63.0 62.0 61.0 677,250 628,300
Indiana .........: 5,830 5,480 57.5 60.0 60.0 335,225 328,800
Iowa ............: 10,030 9,870 58.5 58.0 58.0 586,755 572,460
Kansas ..........: 4,810 4,400 27.5 35.0 29.0 132,275 127,600
Kentucky ........: 1,940 1,790 51.0 55.0 56.0 98,940 100,240
Louisiana .......: 1,210 1,000 47.0 49.0 43.0 56,870 43,000
:
Maryland ........: 510 460 43.0 49.0 48.0 21,930 22,080
Michigan ........: 2,240 2,010 47.0 46.0 49.0 105,280 98,490
Minnesota .......: 7,390 7,280 50.0 49.0 48.0 369,500 349,440
Mississippi .....: 2,290 2,150 54.0 56.0 57.0 123,660 122,550
Missouri ........: 6,060 5,550 45.5 45.0 45.0 275,730 249,750
Nebraska ........: 5,680 5,200 49.0 58.0 55.0 278,320 286,000
New Jersey ......: 108 108 28.0 45.0 42.0 3,024 4,536
New York ........: 325 345 45.0 52.0 53.0 14,625 18,285
North Carolina ..: 1,690 1,640 38.5 40.0 39.0 65,065 63,960
North Dakota ....: 5,670 6,150 35.0 33.0 33.0 198,450 202,950
:
Ohio ............: 5,080 4,730 55.5 57.0 58.0 281,940 274,340
Oklahoma ........: 385 420 17.0 31.0 25.0 6,545 10,500
Pennsylvania ....: 590 560 43.0 49.0 49.0 25,370 27,440
South Carolina ..: 390 380 37.0 38.0 36.0 14,430 13,680
South Dakota ....: 5,070 5,050 38.0 42.0 43.0 192,660 217,150
Tennessee .......: 1,620 1,570 48.0 49.0 50.0 77,760 78,500
Texas ...........: 85 110 20.0 35.0 38.0 1,700 4,180
Virginia ........: 610 570 41.0 40.0 39.0 25,010 22,230
Wisconsin .......: 2,150 2,070 54.0 50.0 46.0 116,100 95,220
:
United States ...: 86,336 82,791 49.5 50.9 50.1 4,276,123 4,146,036
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