Moderate Hike in Soybean Production
WASHINGTON - Aug 10/17 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at 4.38 billion bushels, up 2% from last year, according to the latest USDA production estimate's of the season.
Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 49.4 bushels per acre, down 2.7 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record high 88.7 million acres, unchanged from the June forecast but up 7% from 2016. Planted area for the Nation is estimated at a record high 89.5 million acres, also unchanged from June.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016
and Forecasted August 1, 2017
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ---- bushels --- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Alabama ............: 410 440 32.0 44.0 13,120 19,360
Arkansas ...........: 3,100 3,500 47.0 49.0 145,700 171,500
Delaware ...........: 163 158 41.5 50.0 6,765 7,900
Georgia ............: 240 170 30.0 44.0 7,200 7,480
Illinois ...........: 10,050 10,340 59.0 58.0 592,950 599,720
Indiana ............: 5,640 5,890 57.5 55.0 324,300 323,950
Iowa ...............: 9,450 9,950 60.5 56.0 571,725 557,200
Kansas .............: 4,010 4,700 48.0 41.0 192,480 192,700
Kentucky ...........: 1,780 1,890 50.0 52.0 89,000 98,280
Louisiana ..........: 1,190 1,260 48.5 53.0 57,715 66,780
:
Maryland ...........: 515 515 41.5 46.0 21,373 23,690
Michigan ...........: 2,060 2,290 50.5 49.0 104,030 112,210
Minnesota ..........: 7,500 8,150 52.5 49.0 393,750 399,350
Mississippi ........: 2,020 2,220 48.0 52.0 96,960 115,440
Missouri ...........: 5,540 5,900 49.0 49.0 271,460 289,100
Nebraska ...........: 5,150 5,650 61.0 58.0 314,150 327,700
New Jersey .........: 98 103 36.0 40.0 3,528 4,120
New York ...........: 320 315 41.0 47.0 13,120 14,805
North Carolina .....: 1,660 1,670 35.0 38.0 58,100 63,460
North Dakota .......: 6,000 7,150 41.5 33.0 249,000 235,950
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Ohio ...............: 4,840 4,990 54.5 53.0 263,780 264,470
Oklahoma ...........: 470 530 29.0 27.0 13,630 14,310
Pennsylvania .......: 575 575 44.0 51.0 25,300 29,325
South Carolina .....: 405 370 31.0 36.0 12,555 13,320
South Dakota .......: 5,170 5,360 49.5 41.0 255,915 219,760
Tennessee ..........: 1,630 1,720 45.0 45.0 73,350 77,400
Texas ..............: 145 150 31.0 35.0 4,495 5,250
Virginia ...........: 600 590 36.0 37.0 21,600 21,830
Wisconsin ..........: 1,950 2,140 55.0 48.0 107,250 102,720
:
Other States 1/ ....: 55 45 43.1 43.8 2,370 1,973
:
United States ......: 82,736 88,731 52.1 49.4 4,306,671 4,381,053
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1/ Other States include Florida and West Virginia. Individual State level estimates will be
published in the "Crop Production 2017 Summary."
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