date:Aug 13, 2013
projected 2013 U.S. soybean production at 3,255 million bus, down 165 million bus from the July forecast but up 240 million bus, or 8%, from 3,015 million bus in 2012. The harvested area was forecast at 76.4 million acres, and the average soybean yield was forecast at 42.6 bus an acre.
U.S. rice carryover on Aug. 1, 2014, was projected at 30.4 million cwts, up 1.8 million, or 6%, from 28.6 million cwts in July but down 4 million cwts, or 12%, from 34.6 million cwts in 2013.