CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Though a large majority of all soybeans grown in the United States leave the farm on a truck bound for a grain elevator or a rail line, most of them wind up either being shipped by rail or barge to end users across the country and beyond.
The U.S. produced 3.3 billion bushels of soybeans in 2013. The following is breakdown of the major soybean-growing states, their 2013 production in bushels and where the bulk of their crops are transported to (in- or out-of-state use or foreign exports):
Illinois: 460,600,000, in-state
Iowa: 415,350,000, in-state
Indiana: 259,000,000, in-state
Minnesota: 258,570,000, foreign exports and out-of-state
Nebraska: 247,000,000, foreign exports
Ohio: 217,070,000, mixed use
Missouri: 193,900,000 in-state use
South Dakota: 182,000,000, foreign exports
Arkansas: 144,000,000, foreign exports
North Dakota: 138,300,000, foreign exports
Kansas: 123,900,000, mixed use
Mississippi: 85,140,000, foreign exports
Michigan: 83,160,000, foreign exports
Kentucky: 80,360,000, in-state use
Tennessee: 72,960,000, foreign exports
Wisconsin: 62,800,000, foreign exports
Louisiana: 51,230,000, use not available
North Carolina: 44,640,000, in-state use
Sources: National Agricultural Statistics Service, Soy Transport Coalition
