Soybean Crop Pegged at 4.37B Bushels
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- Soybean production in 2024 totaled 4.37 billion bushels, up 5% from 2023, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2024.
The average yield per acre was estimated at 50.7 bushels, up 0.1 bushel from 2023. Harvested area, at 86.1 million acres, was up 5% from last year.
Record high planted and harvested acreage was estimated in Illinois, Kentucky, and New York. Record high yields occurred in Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi. Record high production was harvested in Illinois, Mississippi, and New York.
The 2024 soybean objective yield survey data indicated that final average pod counts were lower than 2023 in the combined eleven objective yield States. Compared with final counts for 2023, pod counts were down in 8 of the 11 published States. A decrease of more than 100 pods per 18 square feet from 2023's final pod count occurred in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, and South Dakota.
Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ............: 360 350 360 355 340 350
Arkansas ...........: 3,180 2,980 3,050 3,140 2,950 3,020
Delaware ...........: 160 150 155 158 148 153
Georgia ............: 165 160 170 158 155 162
Illinois ...........: 10,800 10,350 10,800 10,750 10,300 10,750
Indiana ............: 5,850 5,500 5,800 5,830 5,480 5,780
Iowa ...............: 10,100 9,950 10,050 10,030 9,880 9,960
Kansas .............: 5,050 4,430 4,530 4,720 3,980 4,420
Kentucky ...........: 1,950 1,830 2,050 1,940 1,820 2,040
Louisiana ..........: 1,260 1,030 1,100 1,210 980 1,060
:
Maryland ...........: 520 470 495 510 460 485
Michigan ...........: 2,250 2,040 2,200 2,240 2,020 2,180
Minnesota ..........: 7,450 7,350 7,400 7,390 7,280 7,320
Mississippi ........: 2,310 2,180 2,300 2,290 2,130 2,270
Missouri ...........: 6,100 5,600 5,900 6,040 5,520 5,840
Nebraska ...........: 5,750 5,250 5,300 5,650 5,180 5,240
New Jersey .........: 110 100 105 108 98 103
New York ...........: 350 350 370 325 340 365
North Carolina .....: 1,700 1,640 1,630 1,680 1,620 1,610
North Dakota .......: 5,700 6,200 6,600 5,670 6,160 6,550
:
Ohio ...............: 5,100 4,750 5,050 5,080 4,730 5,030
Oklahoma ...........: 545 460 505 380 400 405
Pennsylvania .......: 600 570 610 590 560 600
South Carolina .....: 405 395 390 395 385 380
South Dakota .......: 5,100 5,100 5,450 5,070 5,070 5,380
Tennessee ..........: 1,650 1,600 1,820 1,620 1,570 1,800
Texas ..............: 155 125 100 85 85 77
Virginia ...........: 620 580 610 610 570 600
Wisconsin ..........: 2,160 2,110 2,150 2,150 2,060 2,120
:
United States ......: 87,450 83,600 87,050 86,174 82,271 86,050
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Soybeans for Beans Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama ............: 41.0 43.0 31.0 14,555 14,620 10,850
Arkansas ...........: 52.0 54.0 55.0 163,280 159,300 166,100
Delaware ...........: 43.0 46.0 45.0 6,794 6,808 6,885
Georgia ............: 41.0 43.0 47.0 6,478 6,665 7,614
Illinois ...........: 63.0 63.0 64.0 677,250 648,900 688,000
Indiana ............: 57.5 61.0 59.0 335,225 334,280 341,020
Iowa ...............: 58.5 58.0 60.0 586,755 573,040 597,600
Kansas .............: 27.5 26.0 35.0 129,800 103,480 154,700
Kentucky ...........: 51.0 55.0 48.0 98,940 100,100 97,920
Louisiana ..........: 47.0 40.0 52.0 56,870 39,200 55,120
:
Maryland ...........: 43.0 47.0 44.0 21,930 21,620 21,340
Michigan ...........: 47.0 46.0 49.0 105,280 92,920 106,820
Minnesota ..........: 50.0 48.0 45.0 369,500 349,440 329,400
Mississippi ........: 54.0 56.0 56.0 123,660 119,280 127,120
Missouri ...........: 45.5 48.0 49.0 274,820 264,960 286,160
Nebraska ...........: 49.0 51.5 57.5 276,850 266,770 301,300
New Jersey .........: 28.0 43.0 43.0 3,024 4,214 4,429
New York ...........: 45.0 51.0 51.0 14,625 17,340 18,615
North Carolina .....: 38.5 38.5 39.0 64,680 62,370 62,790
North Dakota .......: 35.0 35.5 37.5 198,450 218,680 245,625
:
Ohio ...............: 55.5 58.0 50.0 281,940 274,340 251,500
Oklahoma ...........: 17.0 26.0 20.0 6,460 10,400 8,100
Pennsylvania .......: 43.0 47.0 45.0 25,370 26,320 27,000
South Carolina .....: 37.0 39.0 34.0 14,615 15,015 12,920
South Dakota .......: 38.0 44.0 43.0 192,660 223,080 231,340
Tennessee ..........: 48.0 51.0 42.0 77,760 80,070 75,600
Texas ..............: 20.0 25.0 32.0 1,700 2,125 2,464
Virginia ...........: 41.0 38.0 44.0 25,010 21,660 26,400
Wisconsin ..........: 54.0 51.0 48.0 116,100 105,060 101,760
:
United States ......: 49.6 50.6 50.7 4,270,381 4,162,057 4,366,492
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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 1/ : 2024 1/
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:
: percent
Alabama ..........: 23 37 21 33 21
Arkansas .........: 2 4 4 5 3
Delaware .........: 26 24 27 45 29
Georgia ..........: 22 49 16 23 23
Illinois .........: 4 4 5 7 9
Indiana ..........: 5 5 2 4 3
Kansas ...........: 13 7 8 20 23
Kentucky .........: 21 17 18 29 18
Louisiana ........: 3 (Z) 6 8 9
Maryland .........: 32 26 12 26 27
:
Mississippi ......: 1 2 2 7 2
Missouri .........: 6 6 6 11 16
New Jersey .......: 14 4 3 30 29
North Carolina ...: 27 43 23 35 24
Ohio .............: 3 1 2 3 2
Oklahoma .........: 24 52 37 54 49
Pennsylvania .....: 20 27 26 23 27
South Carolina ...: 23 18 15 19 23
Tennessee ........: 9 27 21 23 16
:
Texas ............: 10 (D) (D) 20 19
Virginia .........: 28 25 17 28 20
:
United States ....: 5 5 4 7 6
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
1/ Data for 2023 and 2024 is updated from original data published in "Acreage" report.
Prior to 2023, data in this table are original data published in "Acreage" report.
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