New York soybean plantings rise 5% this year

New York farms planted an estimated 330,000 acres of soybeans this year, up 5 percent from 2020, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service recently announced. 

New York farms harvested 312,000 acres of soybeans last year, up 39 percent from 225,000 acres in 2019, the USDA previously reported.

The 2021 United States soybean planted area is estimated at 87.6 million acres, up 5 percent from 2020. Compared with last year, planted acreage is up in 23 major producing states. Area for harvest, forecast at 86.7 million acres, is also up 5 percent from 2020. If realized, this will be the third-highest planted and harvested soybean acreage on record, the USDA notes.