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USDA: Soybean Production Up 1 Percent

Sep 12, 2011
By USDA

Soybean production is forecast at 3.09 billion bushels, up 1 percent from August but down 7 percent from last year. Based on September 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 41.8 bushels per acre, up 0.4 bushel from last month but down 1.7 bushels from last year. Compared with last month, yield forecasts are higher in the Central Great Plains and along much of the Atlantic Coast. If realized, the forecasted yield in Nebraska will be a record high. Yield forecasts are below last month across the Southern Great Plains and portions of the Southeast as hot, dry conditions persisted during August. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at 73.8 million acres, unchanged from August but down 4 percent from 2010.

 

 

Soybeans for Beans Area Harvested, Yield, and Production – States and United States: 2010 and Forecasted September 1, 2011

State

Area harvested

Yield per acre

Production

2010

2011

2010

2011

2010

2011

August 1

September 1

(1,000 acres)

(1,000 acres)

(bushels)

(bushels)

(bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

Alabama ..........................

Arkansas ..........................

Delaware .........................

Georgia ............................

Illinois ...............................

Indiana .............................

Iowa .................................

Kansas .............................

Kentucky ..........................

Louisiana .........................

Maryland ..........................

Michigan ..........................

Minnesota ........................

Mississippi .......................

Missouri ...........................

Nebraska .........................

New Jersey ......................

New York .........................

North Carolina ..................

North Dakota ....................

Ohio .................................

Oklahoma ........................

Pennsylvania ...................

South Carolina .................

South Dakota ...................

Tennessee .......................

Texas ...............................

Virginia .............................

Wisconsin ........................

Other States 1 ..................

United States ...................

345

3,150

173

260

9,050

5,330

9,730

4,250

1,390

1,020

465

2,040

7,310

1,980

5,070

5,100

92

279

1,550

4,070

4,590

475

495

455

4,140

1,410

185

540

1,630

42

76,616

295

3,170

178

160

8,850

5,290

9,110

3,850

1,500

1,000

445

1,940

7,110

1,780

5,050

4,700

83

282

1,390

4,100

4,680

260

475

390

4,050

1,340

110

550

1,650

35

73,823

26.0

35.0

32.0

26.0

51.5

48.5

51.0

32.5

34.0

41.0

34.0

43.5

45.0

38.5

41.5

52.5

24.0

48.0

26.0

34.0

48.0

25.0

42.0

23.0

38.0

31.0

30.0

26.0

50.5

30.0

43.5

30.0

36.0

32.0

26.0

48.0

43.0

52.0

26.0

40.0

35.0

30.0

41.0

40.0

40.0

39.0

52.0

33.0

42.0

27.0

30.0

44.0

20.0

37.0

24.0

38.0

36.0

20.0

35.0

45.0

31.9

41.4

28.0

37.0

37.0

21.0

48.0

42.0

51.0

27.0

37.0

35.0

35.0

44.0

41.0

40.0

39.0

55.0

33.0

41.0

29.0

30.0

46.0

18.0

42.0

26.0

38.0

34.0

17.0

37.0

45.0

31.9

41.8

8,970

110,250

5,536

6,760

466,075

258,505

496,230

138,125

47,260

41,820

15,810

88,740

328,950

76,230

210,405

267,750

2,208

13,392

40,300

138,380

220,320

11,875

20,790

10,465

157,320

43,710

5,550

14,040

82,315

1,260

3,329,341

8,260

117,290

6,586

3,360

424,800

222,180

464,610

103,950

55,500

35,000

15,575

85,360

291,510

71,200

196,950

258,500

2,739

11,562

40,310

123,000

215,280

4,680

19,950

10,140

153,900

45,560

1,870

20,350

74,250

1,118

3,085,340

1

Other States include Florida and West Virginia. Individual State level estimates will be published in the Crop Production 2011 Summary.


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