date:Jan 13, 2014
up from 87,232,000 acres in November and from 87,375,000 acres in 2012.
Soybean yield was estimated at 43.3 bushels an acre, up 0.3 bushel from November and up 3.5 bushels from 39.8 bushels an acre in 2012. Harvested area was estimated at 75,869,000 acres, up from 75,688,000 acres in November but down slightly from 76,164,000 acres in 2012.
The USDA yield number for corn was below the average trade forecast of 161.1 bushels an acre but for soybeans was slightly above the trade average of 43.