Soybean Output Slips
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2023 totaled 4.16 billion bushels, down 2% from 2022, according to the USDA's final production estimates.
The average yield was estimated at 50.6 bushels per acre, 1.0 bushel above 2022. Planted area for the Nation, at 83.6 million acres, was down 4% from the 2022 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 82.4 million acres, down 4% from 2022.
Record high planted and harvested acreage was estimated in New York. Record high yields occurred in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Record high productions were harvested in Mississippi and New York.
The 2023 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were higher than 2022 in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with final counts for 2022, pod counts were up in all 11 published States. An increase of more than 200 pods per 18 square feet from 2022's final pod count occurred in Iowa, Ohio, and South Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021-2023
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: 1,000 acres
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Alabama ............: 310 360 350 305 355 345
Arkansas ...........: 3,040 3,180 2,980 3,000 3,140 2,950
Delaware ...........: 155 160 150 153 158 148
Georgia ............: 140 165 160 135 158 155
Illinois ...........: 10,600 10,800 10,350 10,510 10,750 10,300
Indiana ............: 5,650 5,850 5,500 5,640 5,830 5,480
Iowa ...............: 10,100 10,100 9,950 10,030 10,030 9,880
Kansas .............: 4,850 5,050 4,430 4,800 4,720 4,030
Kentucky ...........: 1,850 1,950 1,830 1,840 1,940 1,820
Louisiana ..........: 1,080 1,260 1,030 1,060 1,210 980
:
Maryland ...........: 490 520 470 485 510 460
Michigan ...........: 2,150 2,250 2,040 2,140 2,240 2,030
Minnesota ..........: 7,650 7,450 7,350 7,580 7,390 7,280
Mississippi ........: 2,220 2,310 2,180 2,170 2,290 2,130
Missouri ...........: 5,700 6,100 5,600 5,640 6,040 5,520
Nebraska ...........: 5,600 5,750 5,250 5,570 5,650 5,180
New Jersey .........: 100 110 100 99 108 98
New York ...........: 325 350 350 320 325 340
North Carolina .....: 1,650 1,700 1,640 1,630 1,680 1,630
North Dakota .......: 7,250 5,700 6,200 7,120 5,670 6,160
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Ohio ...............: 4,900 5,100 4,750 4,880 5,080 4,730
Oklahoma ...........: 580 545 460 535 380 410
Pennsylvania .......: 600 600 570 595 590 560
South Carolina .....: 395 405 395 385 395 385
South Dakota .......: 5,450 5,100 5,100 5,390 5,070 5,070
Tennessee ..........: 1,550 1,650 1,600 1,520 1,620 1,570
Texas ..............: 110 155 125 100 85 85
Virginia ...........: 600 620 580 590 610 570
Wisconsin ..........: 2,100 2,160 2,110 2,070 2,150 2,060
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United States ......: 87,195 87,450 83,600 86,292 86,174 82,356
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021-2023 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
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Alabama ............: 46.0 41.0 43.0 14,030 14,555 14,835
Arkansas ...........: 52.0 52.0 54.0 156,000 163,280 159,300
Delaware ...........: 51.0 43.0 46.0 7,803 6,794 6,808
Georgia ............: 46.0 41.0 43.0 6,210 6,478 6,665
Illinois ...........: 65.0 63.0 63.0 683,150 677,250 648,900
Indiana ............: 60.0 57.5 61.0 338,400 335,225 334,280
Iowa ...............: 63.0 58.5 58.0 631,890 586,755 573,040
Kansas .............: 40.0 27.5 26.0 192,000 129,800 104,780
Kentucky ...........: 56.0 51.0 55.0 103,040 98,940 100,100
Louisiana ..........: 52.0 47.0 40.0 55,120 56,870 39,200
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Maryland ...........: 53.0 43.0 47.0 25,705 21,930 21,620
Michigan ...........: 51.0 47.0 46.0 109,140 105,280 93,380
Minnesota ..........: 47.0 50.0 48.0 356,260 369,500 349,440
Mississippi ........: 54.0 54.0 56.0 117,180 123,660 119,280
Missouri ...........: 49.0 45.5 48.0 276,360 274,820 264,960
Nebraska ...........: 63.0 49.0 51.5 350,910 276,850 266,770
New Jersey .........: 46.0 28.0 43.0 4,554 3,024 4,214
New York ...........: 53.0 45.0 51.0 16,960 14,625 17,340
North Carolina .....: 40.0 38.5 38.5 65,200 64,680 62,755
North Dakota .......: 25.5 35.0 35.5 181,560 198,450 218,680
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Ohio ...............: 57.0 55.5 58.0 278,160 281,940 274,340
Oklahoma ...........: 23.0 17.0 26.0 12,305 6,460 10,660
Pennsylvania .......: 53.0 43.0 47.0 31,535 25,370 26,320
South Carolina .....: 38.0 37.0 39.0 14,630 14,615 15,015
South Dakota .......: 40.0 38.0 44.0 215,600 192,660 223,080
Tennessee ..........: 50.0 48.0 51.0 76,000 77,760 80,070
Texas ..............: 38.0 20.0 25.0 3,800 1,700 2,125
Virginia ...........: 46.0 41.0 38.0 27,140 25,010 21,660
Wisconsin ..........: 55.0 54.0 51.0 113,850 116,100 105,060
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United States ......: 51.7 49.6 50.6 4,464,492 4,270,381 4,164,677
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