48 March 27, 2014 2014 LOGAN COUNTY FARM OUTLOOK MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
2013 county crop yields
The National Agricultural Statistics Service
released 2013 corn and soybean yields by county
on Feb. 20. The state average corn yield was 178
bushels per acre, compared with the 105-bushel
average of the 2012 drought. Logan County
averaged 198.1 bushels per acre, and Sangamon
County averaged 198.2. Menard and DeWitt
counties were among a group not having individual
county numbers due to acreage being below
reportable numbers as an individual county.
Top corn yield counties were Carroll County with
200 bushels per acre, Christian County at 199.8,
Sangamon with 198.2, Logan 198.1 and Macon
at 192.7. McLean had the top county production
for corn with 63,008,000. Production in Logan
County was 41,005,000 from 207,000 acres, and
Sangamon had 46,584,000 bushels on 235,000
acres harvested.
The 198.1 Logan County yield represents a record
yield, surpassing the previous record of 197 set in
2007. These yields represent a strong rebound from
the drought-affected yields from last year, when
averages were 96.5 bushels of corn per acre in
Logan and 131.3 bushels in Sangamon County. The
new 10-year average yields are 169.97 for Logan
and 175.67 for Sangamon.
The state soybean average yield was 49 bushels to
the acre, compared with the 2012 state average of
43. Top counties were DeKalb with 58.4, Piatt at
57.1, Carroll County 56.8, Douglas 56.6, McLean
at 56.5, and Logan and Grundy tied at 56.4. The
Logan County record yield of 57.6 was established
in 2010. Logan County production was 7,162,000
bushels on 126,900 acres. Sangamon County had
55.8 bushels per acre for an average on 140,000
acres. McLean County again led the state in
production with 16,115,000 bushels. The new 10-
year average yield for soybeans is 52.79 in Logan
County and 54.32 in Sangamon County.
