Soybean power shift: Brazil’s rapid growth dwarfs U.S. gains

Over the past decade, Brazilian soybean production has grown by 77%, while U.S. soybean production has risen by just 11% in the same timeframe.

Year labels represent the harvest year (e.g., 2015/2016 is shown as 2016)
Chart: Mónica Cordero, Investigate MidwestSource: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, based on data from PS&D Online (updated March 8, 2025)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper