2023 Spring Farm Outlook

Page 38 2023 Logan County Spring Farm Outlook LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March 2023 By John Fulton The National Ag Statistics Office has released the preliminary county crop yields for the 2022 growing season. The State average corn yield was 214 bushels per acre. The 2021 average for the State was 202 bushels. Logan County had an average yield of 229.1 bushels per acre, which compared to the 2021 yield of 209.5. Top yielding counties for 2022 were Stark with 240.6, Woodford with 235.7, Ogle with 234.7, DeWitt at 232.9, and Macon at 232.5 bushels per acre. The top producing county in bushels was McLean County with 70,981,000. Logan County produced 40,253,000 bushels from 175,700acres harvested. The high year for Logan County was 2018 with 236.2. The State average soybean yield was 63 bushels per acre. Logan County once again had enough survey respondents to establish an individual county yield, with an average of 71.8. This establishes a new high yield, with the prior high being set in 2018 at 70.1. The top producing soybean counties were Piatt with 74.2, Macon 73.8, Sangamon 72.7, Scott 2022 Crop Yields Summary 72.1, and Logan at 71.8 bushels per acre. The top producing county was once again McLean County with 21,186,000 bushels. Logan County led the State in wheat yield with 102.5 bushels per acre, with 1210 acres harvested. Logan also led the state in oat yield at 114.3 bushels per acre from 230 acres. These are very minor crops in Logan County as seen from the acres grown. Below are corn and soybean yield records from the last 10 years, from the National Ag Statistics Service. Yield values are preliminary when released and may be corrected. Some years did not have enough respondents to publish a yield on an individual county basis. Logan County Corn Yields 2022 229.1 2021 209.5 2020 209.6 2019 194.2 2018 236.2 2017 213 2016 219.4 2015 172.8 2014 230.8 2013 198.1 10 yr. 211.3 Logan County Soybean Yields 2022 71.8 2021 ------- 2020 68.7 2019 ------- 2018 70.1 2017 64.7 2016 66.6 2015 56.6 2014 63.8 2013 57.6 8 yr. 65.0 Continued --