Soybean Yields Seen Lower
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/22 - SNS -- Soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.31 billion bushels, down 1% from the previous forecast and down 3% from 2021, according to the USDA.
Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 49.8 bushels per acre, down 0.7 bushel from the previous forecast and down 1.9 bushels from 2021.
After a thorough review of all available data acreage estimates are unchanged from last month. Total planted area, at 87.5 million acres, is unchanged from the previous estimate but up less than 1% from the previous year. Area harvested for beans in the United States is forecast at 86.6 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up less than 1% from 2021.
The October objective yield data for the combined 11 major soybean-producing States (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota) indicate a lower pod count compared with the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2021, pod counts are down in 8 of the 11 published States. Nebraska showed the greatest decrease, down 551 pods per 18 square feet from the previous year.
Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021
and Forecasted October 1, 2022
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2022 : :
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 :-----------------------: 2021 : 2022
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- -- 1,000 bushels --
:
Alabama .........: 305 355 46.0 42.0 42.0 14,030 14,910
Arkansas ........: 3,000 3,150 52.0 53.0 53.0 156,000 166,950
Delaware ........: 153 158 51.0 43.0 43.0 7,803 6,794
Georgia .........: 135 160 46.0 46.0 45.0 6,210 7,200
Illinois ........: 10,510 10,700 65.0 64.0 64.0 683,150 684,800
Indiana .........: 5,640 5,830 60.0 60.0 59.0 338,400 343,970
Iowa ............: 10,030 10,020 63.0 59.0 58.0 631,890 581,160
Kansas ..........: 4,800 5,000 40.0 32.0 28.0 192,000 140,000
Kentucky ........: 1,840 1,940 56.0 52.0 53.0 103,040 102,820
Louisiana .......: 1,060 1,240 52.0 47.0 47.0 55,120 58,280
:
Maryland ........: 485 515 53.0 45.0 45.0 25,705 23,175
Michigan ........: 2,140 2,230 51.0 47.0 46.0 109,140 102,580
Minnesota .......: 7,580 7,380 47.0 50.0 50.0 356,260 369,000
Mississippi .....: 2,170 2,280 54.0 55.0 56.0 117,180 127,680
Missouri ........: 5,650 6,050 49.0 47.0 45.0 276,850 272,250
Nebraska ........: 5,570 5,700 63.0 52.0 49.0 350,910 279,300
New Jersey ......: 99 108 46.0 30.0 30.0 4,554 3,240
New York ........: 320 345 53.0 50.0 50.0 16,960 17,250
North Carolina ..: 1,640 1,690 40.0 38.0 37.0 65,600 62,530
North Dakota ....: 7,120 5,650 25.5 34.0 35.0 181,560 197,750
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Ohio ............: 4,880 5,080 57.0 56.0 55.0 278,160 279,400
Oklahoma ........: 535 525 23.0 16.0 16.0 12,305 8,400
Pennsylvania ....: 595 585 53.0 43.0 46.0 31,535 26,910
South Carolina ..: 385 390 38.0 36.0 38.0 14,630 14,820
South Dakota ....: 5,390 5,050 40.0 41.0 40.0 215,600 202,000
Tennessee .......: 1,520 1,620 50.0 46.0 46.0 76,000 74,520
Texas ...........: 100 140 38.0 28.0 33.0 3,800 4,620
Virginia ........: 590 610 46.0 44.0 42.0 27,140 25,620
Wisconsin .......: 2,070 2,130 55.0 53.0 54.0 113,850 115,020
:
United States ...: 86,312 86,631 51.7 50.5 49.8 4,465,382 4,312,949
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