Page 32 2024 Logan County Spring Farm Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March 2024 Logan County native Reagen Tibbs joins local University of Illinois Extension Extension preparing for a Needs Assessment Survey for area producers I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and share my vision for my role with the University of Illinois Extension. I am Reagen Tibbs. In January, I started as the Commercial Agriculture Educator serving Logan, Menard, and Sangamon counties. The need for this position and the resources through Extension have been made clear. Logan County depends on agriculture, and our farmers and producers need information and programming opportunities to ensure we can continue the mission of feeding the world. My family has been farming in Logan County for almost 100 years, and we have been raising purebred Shorthorn cattle for around 58 years. I have a Master’s Degree in Agribusiness from Illinois State University. If you would like to know about me and my background, please feel free to visit my bio located at https:// extension.illinois.edu/lms/staff. What does agricultural production look like for Logan County? The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is still working to finalize the data from the 2023 harvest year but has recently published estimates of yields for Logan County and statewide. NASS estimates that over 11 million acres of corn for grain were harvested in Illinois, with the estimated statewide average yield being 206 bushels/ acre. For soybeans, NASS places total planted acres at slightly above ten million with an estimated statewide average yield of 63 bushels/acre. For Logan County, estimated yields were slightly higher than the statewide averages, with an estimated corn yield of 211.1 Continued --
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