North Dakota’s 2024 soybean production is forecast at a record 251 million bushels, up 15 percent from last year. Soybean yields total 38 bushels per acre, up 2.5 bushels per acre from 2023. USDA estimates North Dakota corn yields to average 149 bushels per acre, up six bushels. Record sugarbeet yields are being reported, averaging 31.6 tons per acre, up 4.8 tons from last year. Potato production in the state is down 12 percent from last year with yield estimated at 320 hundredweight per acre.
