Soybean Harvest Dipped 4%
WASHINGTON - JAN 13/23 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2022 totaled 4.28 billion bushels, down 4% from 2021, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.
The average yield was estimated at 49.5 bushels per acre, 2.2 bushels below 2021. Planted area for the Nation, at 87.5 million acres, was up less than 1% from the 2021 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 86.3 million acres, up slightly from 2021.
The 2022 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were lower than 2021 in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with final counts for 2021, pod counts were down in 8 of the 11 published States.
A decrease of more than 100 pods per 18 square feet from 2021's final pod count occurred in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and South Dakota and a decrease of more than 500 pods per 18 square feet occurred in Nebraska.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
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Alabama ............: 280 310 360 275 305 355
Arkansas ...........: 2,820 3,040 3,180 2,800 3,000 3,150
Delaware ...........: 150 155 160 148 153 158
Georgia ............: 100 140 165 95 135 160
Illinois ...........: 10,300 10,600 10,800 10,250 10,510 10,750
Indiana ............: 5,750 5,650 5,850 5,730 5,640 5,830
Iowa ...............: 9,450 10,100 10,100 9,370 10,030 10,030
Kansas .............: 4,800 4,850 5,050 4,750 4,800 4,810
Kentucky ...........: 1,850 1,850 1,950 1,840 1,840 1,940
Louisiana ..........: 1,050 1,080 1,260 1,020 1,060 1,210
:
Maryland ...........: 485 490 520 465 485 510
Michigan ...........: 2,200 2,150 2,250 2,190 2,140 2,240
Minnesota ..........: 7,450 7,650 7,450 7,380 7,580 7,390
Mississippi ........: 2,090 2,220 2,310 2,060 2,170 2,290
Missouri ...........: 5,850 5,700 6,100 5,810 5,650 6,060
Nebraska ...........: 5,200 5,600 5,750 5,160 5,570 5,680
New Jersey .........: 94 100 110 93 99 108
New York ...........: 315 325 350 312 320 325
North Carolina .....: 1,600 1,650 1,700 1,570 1,640 1,690
North Dakota .......: 5,750 7,250 5,700 5,700 7,120 5,670
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Ohio ...............: 4,950 4,900 5,100 4,920 4,880 5,080
Oklahoma ...........: 560 580 545 540 535 385
Pennsylvania .......: 640 600 600 630 595 590
South Carolina .....: 310 395 405 295 385 390
South Dakota .......: 4,950 5,450 5,100 4,920 5,390 5,070
Tennessee ..........: 1,650 1,550 1,650 1,620 1,520 1,620
Texas ..............: 120 110 155 110 100 85
Virginia ...........: 570 600 620 560 590 610
Wisconsin ..........: 2,020 2,100 2,160 1,990 2,070 2,150
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United States ......: 83,354 87,195 87,450 82,603 86,312 86,336
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
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Alabama ............: 41.0 46.0 41.0 11,275 14,030 14,555
Arkansas ...........: 51.5 52.0 52.0 144,200 156,000 163,800
Delaware ...........: 49.0 51.0 43.0 7,252 7,803 6,794
Georgia ............: 41.0 46.0 41.0 3,895 6,210 6,560
Illinois ...........: 60.0 65.0 63.0 615,000 683,150 677,250
Indiana ............: 59.0 60.0 57.5 338,070 338,400 335,225
Iowa ...............: 54.0 63.0 58.5 505,980 631,890 586,755
Kansas .............: 41.0 40.0 27.5 194,750 192,000 132,275
Kentucky ...........: 55.0 56.0 51.0 101,200 103,040 98,940
Louisiana ..........: 53.0 52.0 47.0 54,060 55,120 56,870
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Maryland ...........: 47.0 53.0 43.0 21,855 25,705 21,930
Michigan ...........: 48.0 51.0 47.0 105,120 109,140 105,280
Minnesota ..........: 50.0 47.0 50.0 369,000 356,260 369,500
Mississippi ........: 54.0 54.0 54.0 111,240 117,180 123,660
Missouri ...........: 51.0 49.0 45.5 296,310 276,850 275,730
Nebraska ...........: 58.0 63.0 49.0 299,280 350,910 278,320
New Jersey .........: 46.0 46.0 28.0 4,278 4,554 3,024
New York ...........: 51.0 53.0 45.0 15,912 16,960 14,625
North Carolina .....: 38.0 40.0 38.5 59,660 65,600 65,065
North Dakota .......: 34.0 25.5 35.0 193,800 181,560 198,450
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Ohio ...............: 55.0 57.0 55.5 270,600 278,160 281,940
Oklahoma ...........: 30.0 23.0 17.0 16,200 12,305 6,545
Pennsylvania .......: 46.0 53.0 43.0 28,980 31,535 25,370
South Carolina .....: 35.0 38.0 37.0 10,325 14,630 14,430
South Dakota .......: 46.0 40.0 38.0 226,320 215,600 192,660
Tennessee ..........: 50.0 50.0 48.0 81,000 76,000 77,760
Texas ..............: 34.0 38.0 20.0 3,740 3,800 1,700
Virginia ...........: 42.0 46.0 41.0 23,520 27,140 25,010
Wisconsin ..........: 52.0 55.0 54.0 103,480 113,850 116,100
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United States ......: 51.0 51.7 49.5 4,216,302 4,465,382 4,276,123
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