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2008 figures on county crop yields

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[March 04, 2009]  As anticipated, Logan County had very good corn yields for 2008, and improved soybean yields, substantiated by preliminary figures released by the Agricultural Statistics Service. The Logan County corn yield was established at 188 bushels per acre. This figure fell well shy of the 197-bushel-per-acre yield achieved in 2007. The Logan County 10-year average for corn yields is 187.3 bushels per acre (1999-2008).

The top yielding corn counties in the state were Warren County with 207, McDonough at 206, Woodford at 206, Stark at 203 and Peoria with 201 bushels per acre.

Soybean yields matched 2007 levels at 50 bushels per acre in Logan County. The 2006 Logan County average was 52 bushels per acre, and the 2005 average yield was 53. The 2004 crop is the soybean record, with a yield of 56 bushels per acre. The Logan County 10-year soybean yield average is 49.8 bushels per acre.

The top yielding county in the state for soybeans was Warren County with a yield of 56. Following Warren County were Woodford at 54, McDonough at 54, and Christian, Stark and Knox counties at 53.

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The top producing county for corn was McLean County once again, with a total production of 69,920,000 bushels of corn. McLean County regained the soybean production title with 12,316,500 bushels of soybeans produced. Logan County production was 42,112,500 bushels of corn and 5,955,000 bushels of soybeans.

Wheat fell off the radar screen again in Logan County, as below 1,000 acres were harvested. Plantings were actually higher, but many area wheat fields were destroyed because of cold injury.

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Following is a table of 2008 crop yields for Logan and surrounding counties, with yields in bushels per acre:

County

Corn

Soybeans

Logan

188

50

Sangamon

184

51

Menard

198

52

Mason

182

49

Tazewell

200

52

McLean

190

51

DeWitt

179

50

Macon

188

51

State average

179

47

Tables linked below present historical Logan County crop yields and production for 1999-2008:

[By JOHN FULTON, University of Illinois Extension, Logan County]


Logan County corn yields and production for 10 years

Year

Harvested

Yield

Production

1999

175,000 acres

158 bushels

27,650,000 bushels

2000

180,000 acres

163 bushels

29,340,000 bushels

2001

181,900 acres

151 bushels

27,466,900 bushels

2002

180,100 acres

153 bushels

27,555,300 bushels

2003

184,900 acres

189 bushels

34,946,100 bushels

2004

187,000 acres

188 bushels

35,156,000 bushels

2005

201,800 acres

144 bushels

29,059,200 bushels

2006

196,600 acres

171 bushels

33,618,600 bushels

2007

231,500 acres

197 bushels

45,605,500 bushels

2008

224,000 acres

188 bushels

42,112,000 bushels

Logan County soybean yields and production for 10 years

Year

Harvested

Yield

Production

1999

169,300 acres

50 bushels

8,465,000 bushels

2000

162,700 acres

47 bushels

7,646,900 bushels

2001

164,100 acres

47 bushels

7,712,700 bushels

2002

161,700 acres

52 bushels

8,408,400 bushels

2003

153,700 acres

41 bushels

6,301,700 bushels

2004

147,300 acres

56 bushels

8,248,800 bushels

2005

140,400 acres

53 bushels

7,441,200 bushels

2006

149,400 acres

52 bushels

7,768,800 bushels

2007

110,800 acres

50 bushels

5,540,000 bushels

2008

119,100 acres

50 bushels

5,955,000 bushels

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