Drought Savaged Montana Peas
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2017 totaled a record 4.39 billion bushels, up 2% from 2016, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
The average yield per acre was estimated at 49.1 bushels, 2.9 bushels below the record yield in 2016. Planted area for the Nation, at a record 90.1 million acres, was up 8% from the 2016 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested a record 89.5 million acres, up 8% from last year.
Yields were at record high levels across much of the southern United States from the Delta to the Appalachian Mountains. Record high yields occurred in Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The 2017 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were higher than last year in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with last year, pod counts were up in Arkansas, Missouri, and Ohio.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2015-2017
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: 1,000 acres
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Alabama .......: 500 420 350 490 410 345
Arkansas ......: 3,200 3,130 3,530 3,170 3,100 3,500
Delaware ......: 175 165 160 173 163 158
Florida .......: 33 31 15 29 29 14
Georgia .......: 325 260 155 310 240 150
Illinois ......: 9,800 10,100 10,600 9,720 10,050 10,550
Indiana .......: 5,550 5,650 5,950 5,500 5,630 5,940
Iowa ..........: 9,850 9,500 10,000 9,800 9,440 9,940
Kansas ........: 3,900 4,050 5,150 3,860 4,010 5,110
Kentucky ......: 1,840 1,790 1,950 1,810 1,780 1,940
:
Louisiana .....: 1,430 1,230 1,270 1,390 1,190 1,250
Maryland ......: 520 520 500 515 515 495
Michigan ......: 2,030 2,070 2,280 2,020 2,060 2,270
Minnesota .....: 7,600 7,550 8,150 7,550 7,490 8,090
Mississippi ...: 2,300 2,040 2,190 2,270 2,020 2,170
Missouri ......: 4,550 5,600 5,950 4,470 5,540 5,910
Nebraska ......: 5,300 5,200 5,700 5,270 5,150 5,670
New Jersey ....: 105 100 100 103 98 99
New York ......: 305 330 270 301 320 265
North Carolina : 1,820 1,690 1,700 1,730 1,660 1,690
:
North Dakota ..: 5,750 6,050 7,100 5,720 5,990 7,050
Ohio ..........: 4,750 4,850 5,100 4,740 4,840 5,090
Oklahoma ......: 395 485 655 375 470 640
Pennsylvania ..: 580 580 590 575 575 585
South Carolina : 475 420 400 370 405 390
South Dakota ..: 5,150 5,200 5,650 5,120 5,170 5,610
Tennessee .....: 1,750 1,660 1,690 1,720 1,630 1,660
Texas .........: 130 165 210 115 145 185
Virginia ......: 630 610 600 620 600 590
West Virginia .: 27 27 27 26 26 26
Wisconsin .....: 1,880 1,960 2,150 1,870 1,950 2,140
:
United States .: 82,650 83,433 90,142 81,732 82,696 89,522
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2015-2017 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama .......: 41.0 32.0 46.0 20,090 13,120 15,870
Arkansas ......: 49.0 47.0 51.0 155,330 145,700 178,500
Delaware ......: 40.0 41.5 51.0 6,920 6,765 8,058
Florida .......: 38.0 36.0 34.0 1,102 1,044 476
Georgia .......: 43.0 30.0 42.0 13,330 7,200 6,300
Illinois ......: 56.0 59.0 58.0 544,320 592,950 611,900
Indiana .......: 50.0 57.5 54.0 275,000 323,725 320,760
Iowa ..........: 56.5 60.0 56.5 553,700 566,400 561,610
Kansas ........: 38.5 48.0 37.0 148,610 192,480 189,070
Kentucky ......: 49.0 50.0 53.0 88,690 89,000 102,820
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Louisiana .....: 41.0 48.5 54.0 56,990 57,715 67,500
Maryland ......: 40.0 41.5 51.0 20,600 21,373 25,245
Michigan ......: 49.0 50.5 42.5 98,980 104,030 96,475
Minnesota .....: 50.0 52.0 47.0 377,500 389,480 380,230
Mississippi ...: 46.0 48.0 53.0 104,420 96,960 115,010
Missouri ......: 40.5 49.0 49.0 181,035 271,460 289,590
Nebraska ......: 58.0 61.0 57.5 305,660 314,150 326,025
New Jersey ....: 32.0 36.0 45.0 3,296 3,528 4,455
New York ......: 43.0 41.0 45.0 12,943 13,120 11,925
North Carolina : 32.0 35.0 40.0 55,360 58,100 67,600
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North Dakota ..: 32.5 41.5 34.0 185,900 248,585 239,700
Ohio ..........: 50.0 54.5 49.5 237,000 263,780 251,955
Oklahoma ......: 31.0 29.0 29.0 11,625 13,630 18,560
Pennsylvania ..: 44.0 44.0 48.0 25,300 25,300 28,080
South Carolina : 26.5 31.0 38.0 9,805 12,555 14,820
South Dakota ..: 46.0 49.5 43.0 235,520 255,915 241,230
Tennessee .....: 46.0 45.0 50.0 79,120 73,350 83,000
Texas .........: 26.0 31.0 37.0 2,990 4,495 6,845
Virginia ......: 34.5 36.0 44.0 21,390 21,600 25,960
West Virginia .: 48.0 51.0 54.0 1,248 1,326 1,404
Wisconsin .....: 49.5 55.0 47.0 92,565 107,250 100,580
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United States .: 48.0 52.0 49.1 3,926,339 4,296,086 4,391,553
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