4% Smaller Soybean Harvest
WASHINGTON Oct 12/23 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at 4.10 billion bushels, down 1% from the previous estimate and down 4% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop estimates.
The forecasted yield, at 49.6 bushels per acre, is equal to last year's final estimate. Area harvested for beans in the United States is forecast at 82.8 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 4% from last year. Record high yields are forecast in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2022
and Forecasted October 1, 2023
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2023 : :
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 :-----------------------: 2022 : 2023
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 355 345 41.0 43.0 41.0 14,555 14,145
Arkansas ........: 3,140 2,950 52.0 53.0 53.0 163,280 156,350
Delaware ........: 158 148 43.0 45.0 46.0 6,794 6,808
Georgia .........: 158 155 41.0 42.0 40.0 6,478 6,200
Illinois ........: 10,750 10,300 63.0 61.0 61.0 677,250 628,300
Indiana .........: 5,830 5,480 57.5 60.0 61.0 335,225 334,280
Iowa ............: 10,030 9,870 58.5 58.0 58.0 586,755 572,460
Kansas ..........: 4,720 4,400 27.5 29.0 26.0 129,800 114,400
Kentucky ........: 1,940 1,790 51.0 56.0 54.0 98,940 96,660
Louisiana .......: 1,210 1,000 47.0 43.0 41.0 56,870 41,000
:
Maryland ........: 510 460 43.0 48.0 46.0 21,930 21,160
Michigan ........: 2,240 2,010 47.0 49.0 46.0 105,280 92,460
Minnesota .......: 7,390 7,280 50.0 48.0 48.0 369,500 349,440
Mississippi .....: 2,290 2,150 54.0 57.0 57.0 123,660 122,550
Missouri ........: 6,040 5,550 45.5 45.0 45.0 274,820 249,750
Nebraska ........: 5,650 5,200 49.0 55.0 54.0 276,850 280,800
New Jersey ......: 108 108 28.0 42.0 42.0 3,024 4,536
New York ........: 325 345 45.0 53.0 52.0 14,625 17,940
North Carolina ..: 1,680 1,640 38.5 39.0 39.0 64,680 63,960
North Dakota ....: 5,670 6,150 35.0 33.0 33.0 198,450 202,950
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Ohio ............: 5,080 4,730 55.5 58.0 57.0 281,940 269,610
Oklahoma ........: 380 420 17.0 25.0 20.0 6,460 8,400
Pennsylvania ....: 590 560 43.0 49.0 45.0 25,370 25,200
South Carolina ..: 390 380 37.0 36.0 36.0 14,430 13,680
South Dakota ....: 5,070 5,050 38.0 43.0 43.0 192,660 217,150
Tennessee .......: 1,620 1,570 48.0 50.0 50.0 77,760 78,500
Texas ...........: 85 110 20.0 38.0 32.0 1,700 3,520
Virginia ........: 610 570 41.0 39.0 37.0 25,010 21,090
Wisconsin .......: 2,150 2,070 54.0 46.0 44.0 116,100 91,080
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United States ...: 86,169 82,791 49.6 50.1 49.6 4,270,196 4,104,379
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