date:Sep 13, 2013
said.
Soybean yield was forecast at 41.2 bus an acre, down 1.4 bus from 42.6 bus an acre forecast in August but up 1.6 bus from 39.6 bus an acre in 2012. Harvested area was forecast at 76,378,000 acres, unchanged from August but up slightly from 76,104,000 acres in 2012.
The September objective yield data for the combined 11 major soybean producing states indicate a higher pod count compared with last year as conditions have generally been more favorable across the Midwest, the U.S.D.A. said.