US: A record soybean yield was projected in Arkansas

Published 2024년 8월 22일

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Arkansas is set to achieve a record soybean yield of 57 bushels per acre this harvest season, with an estimated total production of 172 million bushels, marking an 8% increase from the previous year. The state is also expecting good yields from other crops such as corn, cotton, peanuts, and rice, despite facing hotter and drier weather conditions compared to the previous year. Corn production is expected to decrease by 41% from last year, but with a higher yield of 186 bushels per acre. Cotton production is projected to rise by 21% to 1.65 million bales, and peanut production is expected to increase by 18% to 233 million pounds, despite a forecasted lower yield. Rice production is also expected to increase by 2% to 109 million hundredweight.

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Arkansas is now projected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to set a record soybean yield this harvest season, and Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward told Talk Business & Politics it might not be the only bumper crop in the state this year. Soybeans are forecast to have a 57-bushel-per acre, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “Crop wise our production has been great … the weather has cooperated,” Ward said. “We have great farmers who work hard and make it happen.” Ward said he’s had conversations with producers and ag sector leaders and other crop yields could trend toward state records, as well. Soybean production is estimated at 172 million bushels, up 8% from last year, according to NASS. Harvested acreage is expected to be 70,000 acres higher than last year at 3.02 million from 3.05 million acres planted. “I was very surprised of the projected new state record yield of 57 bushels per acre for 2024,” said Jeremy Ross, extension ...

Source: Talkbusiness