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Ag statistics: 2017 a record soybean year in Missouri

Tom Steever spoke to Bob Garino, State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service, who says 2017 was a good soybean year; growers harvested 290 million bushels of soybeans, beating the previous record – the 2016 harvest – by 20 million bushels. Garino says NASS is currently collecting data for the five-year 2017 Census of Agriculture. To find out more, visit mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean farmers and their checkoff.