Farms in New York state are estimated to have produced nearly 11.6 million bushels of soybeans this year, down 37.7 percent from just over 18.6 million bushels of soybeans in 2024. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast as of Nov. 1. The decline in production is a sharp reversal […]
Farms in New York state are estimated to have produced nearly 11.6 million bushels of soybeans this year, down 37.7 percent from just over 18.6 million bushels of soybeans in 2024.
That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast as of Nov. 1.
The decline in production is a sharp reversal from the more than 7 percent increase in soybean production in the Empire State in 2024, compared to the 2023 production total, the NASS data shows.
The total soybean yield per acre in New York state is pegged at 38 bushels per acre in 2025, down more than 25 percent from 51 bushels per acre the previous year, the USDA NASS said. Area harvested for soybeans was estimated at 305,000 acres this year, down more than 16 percent from 365,000 acres in 2024.
Total U.S. soybean production is also projected to have declined in 2025, but by a smaller amount than in New York. The USDA says national soybean production is estimated at about 4.25 billion bushels this year, down nearly 2.8 percent from about 4.37 billion bushels in 2024.
Accounting for less than 0.3 percent of expected total national production, New York is a relatively minor producer of soybeans compared to other states, especially the large producers in the Midwest such as Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota.
