Record Soybean Crop Forecast
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/22 - SNS -- Soybean production for beans is forecast at a record high 4.53 billion bushels, up 2% from 2021, according to the latest USDA production estimate.
Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average a record high 51.9 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.5 bushel from 2021. Total planted area, at 88.0 million acres, is down less than 1% from the previous estimate but up 1% from the previous year. Area harvested for beans in the United States is forecast at 87.2 million acres, down less than 1% from the previous forecast but up 1% from 2021.
If realized, the forecasted yield with be a record high in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, and Virginia.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021
and Forecasted August 1, 2022
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ---- bushels --- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Alabama ............: 305 345 46.0 42.0 14,030 14,490
Arkansas ...........: 3,010 3,170 51.0 53.0 153,510 168,010
Delaware ...........: 153 153 51.0 46.0 7,803 7,038
Georgia ............: 135 125 46.0 44.0 6,210 5,500
Illinois ...........: 10,510 11,100 64.0 66.0 672,640 732,600
Indiana ............: 5,640 5,830 59.5 60.0 335,580 349,800
Iowa ...............: 10,030 10,220 62.0 58.0 621,860 592,760
Kansas .............: 4,800 4,950 39.5 40.0 189,600 198,000
Kentucky ...........: 1,840 2,040 56.0 54.0 103,040 110,160
Louisiana ..........: 1,060 1,130 52.0 52.0 55,120 58,760
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Maryland ...........: 485 485 53.0 53.0 25,705 25,705
Michigan ...........: 2,140 2,230 51.0 47.0 109,140 104,810
Minnesota ..........: 7,580 7,430 47.0 50.0 356,260 371,500
Mississippi ........: 2,180 2,270 54.0 55.0 117,720 124,850
Missouri ...........: 5,650 5,850 49.0 49.0 276,850 286,650
Nebraska ...........: 5,570 5,550 63.0 55.0 350,910 305,250
New Jersey .........: 99 108 46.0 36.0 4,554 3,888
New York ...........: 320 325 53.0 51.0 16,960 16,575
North Carolina .....: 1,640 1,790 40.0 37.0 65,600 66,230
North Dakota .......: 7,120 5,650 25.5 35.0 181,560 197,750
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Ohio ...............: 4,880 4,930 56.5 57.0 275,720 281,010
Oklahoma ...........: 535 460 23.0 19.0 12,305 8,740
Pennsylvania .......: 595 595 53.0 50.0 31,535 29,750
South Carolina .....: 385 385 38.0 35.0 14,630 13,475
South Dakota .......: 5,390 5,350 40.0 43.0 215,600 230,050
Tennessee ..........: 1,520 1,770 50.0 44.0 76,000 77,880
Texas ..............: 100 80 38.0 30.0 3,800 2,400
Virginia ...........: 590 670 46.0 47.0 27,140 31,490
Wisconsin ..........: 2,070 2,220 55.0 52.0 113,850 115,440
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United States ......: 86,332 87,211 51.4 51.9 4,435,232 4,530,561
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