Soybean Crop Record Sustained
WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Last year's soybean harvest totalled a record 4.54 billion bushels, up 3% from 2017, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
The average yield was estimated at 51.6 bushels per acre, 2.3 bushels above 2017, but 0.3 bushel below the record yield in 2016. Planted area for the Nation, 89.2 million acres, was down 1% from the 2017 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 88.1 million acres, down 2% from last year.
Record high yields occurred in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, New York, and Ohio.
The 2018 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 final counts for 2017, pod counts were up in 8 of the 11 published States. An increase of more than 200 pods per 18 square feet from 2017's final pod count occurred in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2016-2018
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: 1,000 acres
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Alabama .......: 420 350 345 410 345 340
Arkansas ......: 3,130 3,530 3,280 3,090 3,500 3,240
Delaware ......: 165 160 170 163 158 168
Florida .......: 31 15 18 29 14 12
Georgia .......: 260 155 145 240 150 135
Illinois ......: 10,100 10,600 10,800 10,050 10,550 10,750
Indiana .......: 5,650 5,950 5,950 5,630 5,940 5,920
Iowa ..........: 9,500 10,000 10,000 9,440 9,940 9,910
Kansas ........: 4,050 5,150 4,750 4,010 5,110 4,700
Kentucky ......: 1,790 1,950 2,000 1,780 1,940 1,990
:
Louisiana .....: 1,230 1,270 1,340 1,190 1,250 1,200
Maryland ......: 520 500 520 515 495 515
Michigan ......: 2,070 2,280 2,300 2,060 2,270 2,280
Minnesota .....: 7,550 8,150 7,800 7,490 8,090 7,710
Mississippi ...: 2,040 2,190 2,230 2,020 2,170 2,190
Missouri ......: 5,600 5,950 5,850 5,540 5,910 5,800
Nebraska ......: 5,200 5,700 5,700 5,150 5,670 5,650
New Jersey ....: 100 100 105 98 99 103
New York ......: 330 270 330 320 265 320
North Carolina : 1,690 1,700 1,650 1,660 1,690 1,570
:
North Dakota ..: 6,050 7,100 6,900 5,990 7,050 6,860
Ohio ..........: 4,850 5,100 5,000 4,840 5,090 4,980
Oklahoma ......: 485 655 630 470 640 600
Pennsylvania ..: 600 610 640 595 605 630
South Carolina : 420 400 390 405 390 375
South Dakota ..: 5,200 5,650 5,650 5,170 5,610 5,580
Tennessee .....: 1,660 1,690 1,700 1,630 1,660 1,670
Texas .........: 165 210 175 145 185 135
Virginia ......: 610 600 600 600 590 590
West Virginia .: 27 27 28 26 26 27
Wisconsin .....: 1,960 2,150 2,200 1,950 2,140 2,160
:
United States .: 83,453 90,162 89,196 82,706 89,542 88,110
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2016-2018 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
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Alabama .......: 32.0 46.0 41.0 13,120 15,870 13,940
Arkansas ......: 47.0 51.0 51.0 145,230 178,500 165,240
Delaware ......: 41.5 51.0 42.0 6,765 8,058 7,056
Florida .......: 36.0 34.0 38.0 1,044 476 456
Georgia .......: 30.0 42.0 40.0 7,200 6,300 5,400
Illinois ......: 59.0 58.0 65.0 592,950 611,900 698,750
Indiana .......: 57.5 54.0 58.5 323,725 320,760 346,320
Iowa ..........: 60.0 57.0 57.0 566,400 566,580 564,870
Kansas ........: 48.0 37.5 43.5 192,480 191,625 204,450
Kentucky ......: 50.0 53.0 52.0 89,000 102,820 103,480
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Louisiana .....: 48.5 54.0 52.0 57,715 67,500 62,400
Maryland ......: 41.5 51.0 47.5 21,373 25,245 24,463
Michigan ......: 50.5 42.5 48.0 104,030 96,475 109,440
Minnesota .....: 52.0 47.5 50.5 389,480 384,275 389,355
Mississippi ...: 48.0 53.0 54.5 96,960 115,010 119,355
Missouri ......: 49.0 49.5 45.0 271,460 292,545 261,000
Nebraska ......: 61.0 57.5 59.0 314,150 326,025 333,350
New Jersey ....: 36.0 45.0 40.0 3,528 4,455 4,120
New York ......: 41.0 45.0 52.5 13,120 11,925 16,800
North Carolina : 35.0 40.0 34.0 58,100 67,600 53,380
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North Dakota ..: 41.5 34.5 35.5 248,585 243,225 243,530
Ohio ..........: 54.5 49.5 58.0 263,780 251,955 288,840
Oklahoma ......: 29.0 29.0 30.0 13,630 18,560 18,000
Pennsylvania ..: 44.0 48.0 45.0 26,180 29,040 28,350
South Carolina : 31.0 38.0 29.5 12,555 14,820 11,063
South Dakota ..: 49.5 43.0 46.0 255,915 241,230 256,680
Tennessee .....: 45.0 50.0 46.0 73,350 83,000 76,820
Texas .........: 31.0 37.0 32.0 4,495 6,845 4,320
Virginia ......: 36.0 44.0 43.0 21,600 25,960 25,370
West Virginia .: 51.0 54.0 53.5 1,326 1,404 1,445
Wisconsin .....: 55.0 47.5 49.0 107,250 101,650 105,840
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United States .: 51.9 49.3 51.6 4,296,496 4,411,633 4,543,883
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