Soybean Yield Forecast Sinks
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/17 - SNS -- Soybean production is forecast at a record 4.43 billion bushels, down less than 1% from October but up 3% from last year, according to the latest crop estimates from the USDA.
Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 49.5 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but down 2.5 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record high 89.5 million acres, unchanged from last month.
The November 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 lower pod count from the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2016, pod counts are down in 8 of the 11 published States. A decrease of more than 200 pods per 18 square feet from 2016's final pod count is expected in Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016
and Forecasted November 1, 2017
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2017 : :
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 :-----------------------: 2016 : 2017
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 410 340 32.0 44.0 45.0 13,120 15,300
Arkansas ........: 3,100 3,500 47.0 51.0 50.0 145,700 175,000
Delaware ........: 163 158 41.5 51.0 51.0 6,765 8,058
Georgia .........: 240 145 30.0 45.0 40.0 7,200 5,800
Illinois ........: 10,050 10,540 59.0 57.0 58.0 592,950 611,320
Indiana .........: 5,630 5,940 57.5 55.0 55.0 323,725 326,700
Iowa ............: 9,440 9,950 60.0 56.0 56.0 566,400 557,200
Kansas ..........: 4,010 5,100 48.0 41.0 40.0 192,480 204,000
Kentucky ........: 1,780 1,940 50.0 53.0 52.0 89,000 100,880
Louisiana .......: 1,190 1,240 48.5 54.0 54.0 57,715 66,960
:
Maryland ........: 515 495 41.5 50.0 50.0 21,373 24,750
Michigan ........: 2,060 2,280 50.5 49.0 45.0 104,030 102,600
Minnesota .......: 7,490 8,100 52.0 46.0 46.0 389,480 372,600
Mississippi .....: 2,020 2,170 48.0 52.0 52.0 96,960 112,840
Missouri ........: 5,540 5,920 49.0 49.0 49.0 271,460 290,080
Nebraska ........: 5,150 5,650 61.0 56.0 58.0 314,150 327,700
New Jersey ......: 98 98 36.0 40.0 42.0 3,528 4,116
New York ........: 320 265 41.0 49.0 47.0 13,120 12,455
North Carolina ..: 1,660 1,670 35.0 39.0 41.0 58,100 68,470
North Dakota ....: 5,990 7,100 41.5 36.0 35.0 248,585 248,500
:
Ohio ............: 4,840 5,040 54.5 52.0 51.0 263,780 257,040
Oklahoma ........: 470 630 29.0 27.0 29.0 13,630 18,270
Pennsylvania ....: 575 585 44.0 52.0 50.0 25,300 29,250
South Carolina ..: 405 390 31.0 36.0 37.0 12,555 14,430
South Dakota ....: 5,170 5,610 49.5 45.0 45.0 255,915 252,450
Tennessee .......: 1,630 1,660 45.0 50.0 51.0 73,350 84,660
Texas ...........: 145 185 31.0 37.0 38.0 4,495 7,030
Virginia ........: 600 590 36.0 42.0 45.0 21,600 26,550
Wisconsin .......: 1,950 2,140 55.0 47.0 46.0 107,250 98,440
:
Other States 1/ .: 55 40 43.1 44.7 45.8 2,370 1,830
:
United States ...: 82,696 89,471 52.0 49.5 49.5 4,296,086 4,425,279
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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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