2022 Spring Farm Outlook

Page 42 Spring 2022 Logan County Farm Outlook LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March / April 2022 Spring 2022 Logan County Farm Outlook LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March / April 2022 Page 43 hear their warm and funny memories of him. I felt their love for him in their stories. And the evening was made more special in that I got to share it with Jim’s brothers Tom and Bob and my sisters-in-law Patty and Michelle.” Angie along with Jim’s brothers and sisters-in-law returned home with a couple of mementos acknowledging the special event and Jim’s accomplishments during his sheep rearing career. But what they really brought home with them was a memory, a warm feeling of love and acceptance from those who were Jim’s peers in the industry, and stories from that event that will be shared throughout the generations of the Peifer family. LDN thanks Angie Peifer for sharing this with us and allowing us to share it with our readers. While Jim may no longer be of this world, it is obvious that his life was one well lived, and well worth remembering for years to come. [Nila Smith] T he National Ag Statistics Office has released the county crop yields for the 2021 growing season. The State average corn yield was 202 bushels per acre. The 2020 average for the State was 191 bushels. Logan County had an average yield of 209.5 bushels per acre, which compared to the 2020 yield of 209.6. Top yielding counties for 2021 were Champaign with 222.4, Moultrie 221.8, Macon 221.1, Woodford 220.2, and Coles with 220. The top producing county in bushels was McLean County with 64,380,000. Logan County produced 34,588,000 bushels from 165,100acres harvested. The high year for Logan County was 2018 with 236.2. The State average soybean yield was 64 bushels per acre. Logan County did not have enough producers reporting to have an individual county average yield published, therefore, it falls in the “other counties” group with an average of 64.5. The top year was 2018 at 70.1. The top producing soybean counties were Piatt with 76.1, Champaign 74.2, Macon 73.3, Moultrie 71.2, and Sangamon at 70.9 bushels per acre. The top producing county was once again McLean County with 20,182,000 bushels. At right are yields from the last 10 years. If you are keeping “score,” some of the yields are different than reported in past years. Yield values are preliminary when released and may be corrected. 2021 county crop yields Year Logan 2021 194.2 209.5 10 year average 2020 209.6 2019 2018 236.2 2017 213 2016 219.4 2014 2015 172.8 230.8 2013 198.1 2012 96.5 198 Logan County Corn Yields Year Logan 2020 2021 ------- 68.7 2019 ------- 2016 2018 70.1 2017 64.7 66.6 2015 56.6 2012 63.8 2014 2013 57.6 47.3 8 year average 61.9 Logan County Soybean Yields For a full listing of reported counties you may visit the website at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Illinois/Publications/County_Estimates/ Select the crop you would like to see county level information for.