Record High Soybean Harvest
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/21 - SNS -- Soybean production is expected to reach a record 4.45 billion bushels this year, according to the latest USDA production estimates for 2021.
The forecasted yield, at 51.5 bushels per acre, is up 0.9 bushel from the previous forecast and up 0.5 bushel from last year's final estimate of 51.0 bushels per acre. If realized, this would be the second highest yield on record for the United States. Record high yields are forecast in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Soybeans: After a thorough review of all available data acreage estimates are unchanged from last month. Total planted area, at 87.2 million acres, is unchanged from the previous estimate, but up 5% from the previous year. Area harvested for beans, forecast at 86.4 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but up 5% from the previous year.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2020 and 2021
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 280 310 275 305
Arkansas .........: 2,820 3,050 2,800 3,010
Delaware .........: 150 155 148 153
Georgia ..........: 100 140 95 130
Illinois .........: 10,300 10,600 10,250 10,550
Indiana ..........: 5,750 5,700 5,730 5,690
Iowa .............: 9,450 10,100 9,370 10,020
Kansas ...........: 4,800 4,850 4,750 4,800
Kentucky .........: 1,850 1,800 1,840 1,790
Louisiana ........: 1,050 1,080 1,020 1,050
:
Maryland .........: 485 490 465 480
Michigan .........: 2,200 2,150 2,190 2,140
Minnesota ........: 7,450 7,700 7,380 7,630
Mississippi ......: 2,090 2,230 2,060 2,190
Missouri .........: 5,850 5,700 5,810 5,650
Nebraska .........: 5,200 5,600 5,160 5,550
New Jersey .......: 94 100 93 98
New York .........: 315 325 312 320
North Carolina ...: 1,600 1,650 1,570 1,630
North Dakota .....: 5,750 7,300 5,700 7,250
:
Ohio .............: 4,950 4,850 4,920 4,830
Oklahoma .........: 560 575 540 550
Pennsylvania .....: 640 580 630 570
South Carolina ...: 310 390 295 370
South Dakota .....: 4,950 5,500 4,920 5,450
Tennessee ........: 1,650 1,500 1,620 1,470
Texas ............: 120 110 110 100
Virginia .........: 570 600 560 590
Wisconsin ........: 2,020 2,100 1,990 2,070
:
United States ....: 83,354 87,235 82,603 86,436
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1/ Forecasted.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2020
and Forecasted October 1, 2021
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2021 : :
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 :-----------------------: 2020 : 2021
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 275 305 41.0 44.0 44.0 11,275 13,420
Arkansas ........: 2,800 3,010 51.5 50.0 50.0 144,200 150,500
Delaware ........: 148 153 49.0 49.0 49.0 7,252 7,497
Georgia .........: 95 130 41.0 42.0 43.0 3,895 5,590
Illinois ........: 10,250 10,550 60.0 64.0 64.0 615,000 675,200
Indiana .........: 5,730 5,690 59.0 60.0 60.0 338,070 341,400
Iowa ............: 9,370 10,020 54.0 59.0 61.0 505,980 611,220
Kansas ..........: 4,750 4,800 41.0 40.0 42.0 194,750 201,600
Kentucky ........: 1,840 1,790 55.0 55.0 55.0 101,200 98,450
Louisiana .......: 1,020 1,050 53.0 55.0 54.0 54,060 56,700
:
Maryland ........: 465 480 47.0 51.0 51.0 21,855 24,480
Michigan ........: 2,190 2,140 48.0 50.0 50.0 105,120 107,000
Minnesota .......: 7,380 7,630 50.0 47.0 49.0 369,000 373,870
Mississippi .....: 2,060 2,190 54.0 56.0 54.0 111,240 118,260
Missouri ........: 5,810 5,650 51.0 51.0 50.0 296,310 282,500
Nebraska ........: 5,160 5,550 58.0 59.0 61.0 299,280 338,550
New Jersey ......: 93 98 46.0 40.0 42.0 4,278 4,116
New York ........: 312 320 51.0 53.0 53.0 15,912 16,960
North Carolina ..: 1,570 1,630 38.0 39.0 39.0 59,660 63,570
North Dakota ....: 5,700 7,250 34.0 25.0 26.0 193,800 188,500
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Ohio ............: 4,920 4,830 55.0 58.0 58.0 270,600 280,140
Oklahoma ........: 540 550 30.0 30.0 28.0 16,200 15,400
Pennsylvania ....: 630 570 46.0 52.0 52.0 28,980 29,640
South Carolina ..: 295 370 35.0 33.0 33.0 10,325 12,210
South Dakota ....: 4,920 5,450 46.0 38.0 40.0 226,320 218,000
Tennessee .......: 1,620 1,470 50.0 48.0 49.0 81,000 72,030
Texas ...........: 110 100 34.0 35.0 35.0 3,740 3,500
Virginia ........: 560 590 42.0 44.0 44.0 23,520 25,960
Wisconsin .......: 1,990 2,070 52.0 49.0 54.0 103,480 111,780
:
United States ...: 82,603 86,436 51.0 50.6 51.5 4,216,302 4,448,043
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