2020 Louisiana Soybean Season Summary
By David Moseley, Daniel Stephenson, Sebe Brown, Boyd Padgett, Trey Price, and Michael Deliberto
LSU AgCenter
The 2020 soybean season has been one for the history books.
In March, the USDA estimated Louisiana producers would increase soybean acres by 10% from 2019, for a total of 980,000 acres planted to soybean in 2020. Before the season could really get started, COVID-19 restrictions disrupted many operations. In addition, dry conditions in the south and wet conditions in the north slowed the planting progress in late March/early April.