Record High Soybean Crop
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2021 totaled a record 4.44 billion bushels, up 5% from 2020, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
The average yield per acre was estimated at 51.4 bushels, up 0.4 bushel from 2020. Planted area for the Nation, at 87.2 million acres, was up 5% from the 2020 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 86.3 million acres, up 5% from 2020.
Record high yields occurred in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The 2021 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were lower than 2020 in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with final counts for 2020, pod counts were down in 6 of the 11 published States. A decrease of more than 100 pods per 18 square feet from 2020's final pod count occurred in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, and a decrease of more than 400 pods per 18 square feet occurred in North Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
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Alabama ............: 265 280 310 260 275 305
Arkansas ...........: 2,650 2,820 3,040 2,610 2,800 3,010
Delaware ...........: 155 150 155 153 148 153
Georgia ............: 100 100 140 86 95 135
Illinois ...........: 9,950 10,300 10,600 9,860 10,250 10,510
Indiana ............: 5,400 5,750 5,650 5,360 5,730 5,640
Iowa ...............: 9,200 9,450 10,100 9,120 9,370 10,030
Kansas .............: 4,550 4,800 4,850 4,490 4,750 4,800
Kentucky ...........: 1,700 1,850 1,850 1,690 1,840 1,840
Louisiana ..........: 890 1,050 1,080 860 1,020 1,060
:
Maryland ...........: 480 485 490 475 465 485
Michigan ...........: 1,760 2,200 2,150 1,720 2,190 2,140
Minnesota ..........: 6,850 7,450 7,650 6,770 7,380 7,580
Mississippi ........: 1,660 2,090 2,220 1,630 2,060 2,180
Missouri ...........: 5,100 5,850 5,700 5,010 5,810 5,650
Nebraska ...........: 4,900 5,200 5,600 4,840 5,160 5,570
New Jersey .........: 95 94 100 92 93 99
New York ...........: 235 315 325 225 312 320
North Carolina .....: 1,540 1,600 1,650 1,520 1,570 1,640
North Dakota .......: 5,600 5,750 7,250 5,400 5,700 7,120
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Ohio ...............: 4,300 4,950 4,900 4,270 4,920 4,880
Oklahoma ...........: 465 560 580 440 540 535
Pennsylvania .......: 620 640 600 610 630 595
South Carolina .....: 335 310 395 315 295 385
South Dakota .......: 3,500 4,950 5,450 3,440 4,920 5,390
Tennessee ..........: 1,400 1,650 1,550 1,370 1,620 1,520
Texas ..............: 80 120 110 73 110 100
Virginia ...........: 570 570 600 560 560 590
Wisconsin ..........: 1,750 2,020 2,100 1,690 1,990 2,070
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United States ......: 76,100 83,354 87,195 74,939 82,603 86,332
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama ............: 36.0 41.0 46.0 9,360 11,275 14,030
Arkansas ...........: 49.0 51.5 51.0 127,890 144,200 153,510
Delaware ...........: 47.0 49.0 51.0 7,191 7,252 7,803
Georgia ............: 29.0 41.0 46.0 2,494 3,895 6,210
Illinois ...........: 54.0 60.0 64.0 532,440 615,000 672,640
Indiana ............: 51.0 59.0 59.5 273,360 338,070 335,580
Iowa ...............: 55.0 54.0 62.0 501,600 505,980 621,860
Kansas .............: 41.5 41.0 39.5 186,335 194,750 189,600
Kentucky ...........: 46.0 55.0 56.0 77,740 101,200 103,040
Louisiana ..........: 48.0 53.0 52.0 41,280 54,060 55,120
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Maryland ...........: 44.0 47.0 53.0 20,900 21,855 25,705
Michigan ...........: 40.5 48.0 51.0 69,660 105,120 109,140
Minnesota ..........: 44.0 50.0 47.0 297,880 369,000 356,260
Mississippi ........: 50.0 54.0 54.0 81,500 111,240 117,720
Missouri ...........: 46.0 51.0 49.0 230,460 296,310 276,850
Nebraska ...........: 58.5 58.0 63.0 283,140 299,280 350,910
New Jersey .........: 37.0 46.0 46.0 3,404 4,278 4,554
New York ...........: 48.0 51.0 53.0 10,800 15,912 16,960
North Carolina .....: 35.0 38.0 40.0 53,200 59,660 65,600
North Dakota .......: 31.5 34.0 25.5 170,100 193,800 181,560
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Ohio ...............: 49.0 55.0 56.5 209,230 270,600 275,720
Oklahoma ...........: 29.0 30.0 23.0 12,760 16,200 12,305
Pennsylvania .......: 49.0 46.0 53.0 29,890 28,980 31,535
South Carolina .....: 26.0 35.0 38.0 8,190 10,325 14,630
South Dakota .......: 42.5 46.0 40.0 146,200 226,320 215,600
Tennessee ..........: 47.0 50.0 50.0 64,390 81,000 76,000
Texas ..............: 28.0 34.0 38.0 2,044 3,740 3,800
Virginia ...........: 34.0 42.0 46.0 19,040 23,520 27,140
Wisconsin ..........: 47.0 52.0 55.0 79,430 103,480 113,850
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United States ......: 47.4 51.0 51.4 3,551,908 4,216,302 4,435,232
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