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County yields out
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Logan County sets new corn record
By John
Fulton
[FEB.
17, 2004]
As anticipated, Logan County fared very
well in 2003 with the corn yield released by the Agricultural
Statistics Service. The Logan County corn yield was established at
189 bushels per acre. This shatters the previous yield record of 181
established in 1994. The Logan County 10-year average for corn
yields is 156.8 bushels per acre (1994-2003). The top-yielding corn
counties in the state were Sangamon and Menard counties at 194
bushels per acre. They were followed by Christian at 192, Morgan at
191 and Logan at 189.
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Also, as anticipated, soybeans didn't
fare so well. The county soybean yield was established at 40 bushels
per acre. The record remains from the 2002 crop at 52 bushels per
acre. The Logan County 10-year soybean yield average is 46.85
bushels per acre. The top-yielding counties in the state for
soybeans were Sangamon and Morgan counties at 47 bushels per acre.
They were followed by Coles County at 46; Christian, Moultrie and
Scott Counties at 45; then Cass and Greene counties at 44.
The wheat yield established was also a
county record, at 93 bushels per acre, giving Logan County a tie for
the second-best wheat yield in the state. The top county for wheat
yield was Champaign County, with a yield of 94 bushels per acre.
Following Champaign were Livingston and Logan with 93, DeKalb and
Vermillion with 92, and several other counties at 91.
The top-producing county in total
bushels for corn and soybeans was McLean County, with 57,985,200
bushels of corn and 10,132,500 bushels of soybeans. Logan County
production was 34,946,100 bushels of corn and 6,144,000 bushels of
soybeans. The Logan County production of wheat was 102,300 bushels.
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Following is a table showing 2003
yields in bushels per acre for Logan County and surrounding
counties:
| County |
Corn |
Soybeans |
Wheat |
| Logan |
189 |
40 |
93 |
| Sangamon |
194 |
47 |
82 |
| Menard |
194 |
43 |
81 |
| Mason |
175 |
41 |
70 |
| Tazewell |
188 |
38 |
85 |
| McLean |
182 |
35 |
84 |
| DeWitt |
181 |
39 |
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| Macon |
188 |
43 |
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| (State average) |
164 |
36.5 |
65 |
[John
Fulton,
Logan County Extension office]
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