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Soybean Output Slips

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2023 totaled 4.16 billion bushels, down 2% from 2022, according to the USDA's final production estimates.

The average yield was estimated at 50.6 bushels per acre, 1.0 bushel above 2022. Planted area for the Nation, at 83.6 million acres, was down 4% from the 2022 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 82.4 million acres, down 4% from 2022.

Record high planted and harvested acreage was estimated in New York. Record high yields occurred in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Record high productions were harvested in Mississippi and New York.

The 2023 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were higher than 2022 in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with final counts for 2022, pod counts were up in all 11 published States. An increase of more than 200 pods per 18 square feet from 2022's final pod count occurred in Iowa, Ohio, and South Dakota.

Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021-2023
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                    :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
        State       :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :   2021    :   2022    :   2023    :   2021    :   2022    :   2023
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                    :                              1,000 acres
                    :
Alabama ............:     310         360         350         305         355         345
Arkansas ...........:   3,040       3,180       2,980       3,000       3,140       2,950
Delaware ...........:     155         160         150         153         158         148
Georgia ............:     140         165         160         135         158         155
Illinois ...........:  10,600      10,800      10,350      10,510      10,750      10,300
Indiana ............:   5,650       5,850       5,500       5,640       5,830       5,480
Iowa ...............:  10,100      10,100       9,950      10,030      10,030       9,880
Kansas .............:   4,850       5,050       4,430       4,800       4,720       4,030
Kentucky ...........:   1,850       1,950       1,830       1,840       1,940       1,820
Louisiana ..........:   1,080       1,260       1,030       1,060       1,210         980
                    :
Maryland ...........:     490         520         470         485         510         460
Michigan ...........:   2,150       2,250       2,040       2,140       2,240       2,030
Minnesota ..........:   7,650       7,450       7,350       7,580       7,390       7,280
Mississippi ........:   2,220       2,310       2,180       2,170       2,290       2,130
Missouri ...........:   5,700       6,100       5,600       5,640       6,040       5,520
Nebraska ...........:   5,600       5,750       5,250       5,570       5,650       5,180
New Jersey .........:     100         110         100          99         108          98
New York ...........:     325         350         350         320         325         340
North Carolina .....:   1,650       1,700       1,640       1,630       1,680       1,630
North Dakota .......:   7,250       5,700       6,200       7,120       5,670       6,160
                    :
Ohio ...............:   4,900       5,100       4,750       4,880       5,080       4,730
Oklahoma ...........:     580         545         460         535         380         410
Pennsylvania .......:     600         600         570         595         590         560
South Carolina .....:     395         405         395         385         395         385
South Dakota .......:   5,450       5,100       5,100       5,390       5,070       5,070
Tennessee ..........:   1,550       1,650       1,600       1,520       1,620       1,570
Texas ..............:     110         155         125         100          85          85
Virginia ...........:     600         620         580         590         610         570
Wisconsin ..........:   2,100       2,160       2,110       2,070       2,150       2,060
                    :
United States ......:  87,195      87,450      83,600      86,292      86,174      82,356
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021-2023 (continued)
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                    :          Yield per acre           :            Production
        State       :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :   2021    :   2022    :   2023    :   2021    :   2022    :   2023
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                    :   ---------- bushels ---------      --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
                    :
Alabama ............:   46.0        41.0        43.0         14,030      14,555      14,835
Arkansas ...........:   52.0        52.0        54.0        156,000     163,280     159,300
Delaware ...........:   51.0        43.0        46.0          7,803       6,794       6,808
Georgia ............:   46.0        41.0        43.0          6,210       6,478       6,665
Illinois ...........:   65.0        63.0        63.0        683,150     677,250     648,900
Indiana ............:   60.0        57.5        61.0        338,400     335,225     334,280
Iowa ...............:   63.0        58.5        58.0        631,890     586,755     573,040
Kansas .............:   40.0        27.5        26.0        192,000     129,800     104,780
Kentucky ...........:   56.0        51.0        55.0        103,040      98,940     100,100
Louisiana ..........:   52.0        47.0        40.0         55,120      56,870      39,200
                    :
Maryland ...........:   53.0        43.0        47.0         25,705      21,930      21,620
Michigan ...........:   51.0        47.0        46.0        109,140     105,280      93,380
Minnesota ..........:   47.0        50.0        48.0        356,260     369,500     349,440
Mississippi ........:   54.0        54.0        56.0        117,180     123,660     119,280
Missouri ...........:   49.0        45.5        48.0        276,360     274,820     264,960
Nebraska ...........:   63.0        49.0        51.5        350,910     276,850     266,770
New Jersey .........:   46.0        28.0        43.0          4,554       3,024       4,214
New York ...........:   53.0        45.0        51.0         16,960      14,625      17,340
North Carolina .....:   40.0        38.5        38.5         65,200      64,680      62,755
North Dakota .......:   25.5        35.0        35.5        181,560     198,450     218,680
                    :
Ohio ...............:   57.0        55.5        58.0        278,160     281,940     274,340
Oklahoma ...........:   23.0        17.0        26.0         12,305       6,460      10,660
Pennsylvania .......:   53.0        43.0        47.0         31,535      25,370      26,320
South Carolina .....:   38.0        37.0        39.0         14,630      14,615      15,015
South Dakota .......:   40.0        38.0        44.0        215,600     192,660     223,080
Tennessee ..........:   50.0        48.0        51.0         76,000      77,760      80,070
Texas ..............:   38.0        20.0        25.0          3,800       1,700       2,125
Virginia ...........:   46.0        41.0        38.0         27,140      25,010      21,660
Wisconsin ..........:   55.0        54.0        51.0        113,850     116,100     105,060
                    :
United States ......:   51.7        49.6        50.6      4,464,492   4,270,381   4,164,677
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