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42 March 24, 2016 2016 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine Lincoln Daily
2015 County Crop Yields Released
The National Ag Statistics Office has released
2015 corn and soybean yields by county on
February 18. The state average corn yield was
175 bushels per acre, compared to the 200 bushel
average of the 2014 season. The 2015 yield
averages were Logan with 172.8 bushels per acre,
Menard with 188.2, and Sangamon with 183.5.
By comparison, last year Logan County averaged
230.8 bushels per acre and Sangamon County
averaged 226.8. Menard County had an average
yield of 222.7. The 2014 yields were records for
all three counties.
Top corn yield counties were Piatt with 220.5
bushels per acre average, Stark at 210.9, Douglas
209.1, DeWitt at 207.8, and Macon yielding
207.5. McLean had the top county production
for corn with 63,148,000 bushels for the county.
Production in Logan County was 33,602,000,
Menard had 15,056,000 bushels, and Sangamon
had 41,844,000 bushels produced.
The new 10 year average yields are 177.13 for
Logan and 180.6 for Sangamon. Menard County
won’t have a history for a while, as they didn’t
have enough respondents to the 2013 survey. This
led to Menard County yields being combined with
other counties with a similar situation.
The state soybean average yield was 56 bushels
to the acre, equaling the 2014 state yield average.
Top counties were Piatt at 73.1, Macon yielding
67.4 bushels per acre, Douglas at 67, Moultrie
with 64.8, and McLean with 64.6. Logan County
has an average yield of 56.6, compared to last
year’s record of 63.7. Menard County was 60
bushel average, compared to last year’s record of
60.2. The Sangamon County yield was 60.7, also
shy of the 2014 record yield of 63. Logan County
production was 7,955,000 bushels, Sangamon
County had production of 9,185,000, and Menard
had 3,680,000 bushels produced. McLean County
again led the state in production with 19,341,000
bushels. The new 10 year average yield for
soybeans is 53.92 in Logan County and 56.02 in
Sangamon County.
Year Sangamon Logan Year Sangamon Logan
2015
198.1
172.8
10 year
average
2014
183.5
230.8 226.8
2013
2012
198.2
96.5 131.3
2011 173.4 165.7
2010 155.7 154.5
2008
2009 188 189
184 188
2007 197 199
2006 171
2014
174
177.13 180.6
2015 56.6 60.7
63.7 63.3
2013 56.4 55.8
2010
2012 47.3 49.5
2011 54.6 55.5
57.6 60.4
2009 51 53
2006
50 2008 57
2007 50 51
52 54
10 year
average 53.92 56.02
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Charts showing corn and soybean 10 yield averages for Logan and Sangamon Counties follow