New York farms generate 7 percent increase in soybean production this year

New York soybean production is forecast to have risen 7 percent to 17 million bushels in 2021, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office recently reported.

Based on field conditions as of Oct. 1, the total yield is forecast to average a record-high 53 bushels per acre this year, up two bushels from 2020. The estimate was unchanged from the previous month’s forecast.

New York farms are predicted to harvest 320,000 acres of soybeans in 2021, up from 312,000 acres the preceding year and 225,000 acres in 2019, per the USDA NASS.

Production forecasts are released monthly and do not reflect final production estimates, the agency said. The USDA will issue the next production forecast on Nov. 9.