Soybean Seedings Advance 3%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/24- SNS -- The 2024 soybean planted area is estimated at 86.1 million acres, up 3% from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2024.
Compared with last year, planted acreage is up in 19 major producing States. Area for harvest, forecast at 85.3 million acres, is up 4% from 2023. If realized, this will be the fifth highest planted and fifth highest harvested soybean acreage on record.
Record high planted area is estimated in Kentucky. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 12.8 million acres of the estimated soybean acreage remained to be planted at the time of the interview.
Soybean Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 350 350 345 345
Arkansas .........: 2,980 3,050 2,950 3,020
Delaware .........: 150 155 148 153
Georgia ..........: 160 160 155 155
Illinois .........: 10,350 10,700 10,300 10,650
Indiana ..........: 5,500 5,750 5,480 5,730
Iowa .............: 9,950 9,900 9,880 9,820
Kansas ...........: 4,430 4,550 4,030 4,500
Kentucky .........: 1,830 2,050 1,820 2,040
Louisiana ........: 1,030 1,170 980 1,130
:
Maryland .........: 470 480 460 470
Michigan .........: 2,040 2,250 2,030 2,240
Minnesota ........: 7,350 7,600 7,280 7,530
Mississippi ......: 2,180 2,250 2,130 2,210
Missouri .........: 5,600 5,600 5,520 5,530
Nebraska .........: 5,250 5,300 5,180 5,250
New Jersey .......: 100 110 98 108
New York .........: 350 345 340 340
North Carolina ...: 1,640 1,550 1,630 1,540
North Dakota .....: 6,200 6,800 6,160 6,750
:
Ohio .............: 4,750 4,850 4,730 4,830
Oklahoma .........: 460 460 410 410
Pennsylvania .....: 570 610 560 600
South Carolina ...: 395 380 385 370
South Dakota .....: 5,100 5,100 5,070 5,050
Tennessee ........: 1,600 1,700 1,570 1,670
Texas ............: 125 100 85 80
Virginia .........: 580 630 570 620
Wisconsin ........: 2,110 2,150 2,060 2,120
:
United States ....: 83,600 86,100 82,356 85,261
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1/ Forecasted.
Percent of Soybean Acreage Planted Following Another Harvested Crop - Selected
States and
United States: 2020-2024
[Data as obtained from survey results. These data do not represent official estimates
of the Agricultural Statistics Board but provide raw data as obtained from survey
respondents. The purpose of these data is to portray trends in soybean
production practices]
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State : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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:
: percent
Alabama ..........: 23 37 21 36 11
Arkansas .........: 2 4 4 3 1
Delaware .........: 26 24 27 21 (Z)
Georgia ..........: 22 49 16 9 9
Illinois .........: 4 4 5 5 4
Indiana ..........: 5 5 2 2 4
Kansas ...........: 13 7 8 12 10
Kentucky .........: 21 17 18 26 22
Louisiana ........: 3 (Z) 6 (Z) (Z)
Maryland .........: 32 26 12 26 30
:
Mississippi ......: 1 2 2 2 (Z)
Missouri .........: 6 6 6 9 11
New Jersey .......: 14 4 3 18 16
North Carolina ...: 27 43 23 19 25
Ohio .............: 3 1 2 1 1
Oklahoma .........: 24 52 37 33 32
Pennsylvania .....: 20 27 26 20 21
South Carolina ...: 23 18 15 5 5
Tennessee ........: 9 27 21 25 14
:
Texas ............: 10 (Z) (Z) 9 19
Virginia .........: 28 25 17 15 16
:
United States ....: 5 5 4 4 4
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(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
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