Soybean Highlights from 2024

CALENDAR YEAR 2023

  • U.S. soybean farmers planted 87.1 million acres (35.2 million hectares). 

  • Average yield in the U.S. was 50.7 bushels per acre.

  • U.S. soybean production was 4.37 billion bushels.

MARKETING YEAR 2022/2023

  • Total value of the U.S. soybean crop was $51.6 billion.

  • The U.S. exported 2.21 billion bushels of soybeans, or 41% of total production.

  • Brazil was first in world soybean production with 5.68 billion bushels, followed by the U.S. at 4.16 billion bushels.

  • Soybeans represented 60% of the world’s oilseed production.

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