2008 figures on county crop yields

[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.

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.

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:

• Corn

• Soybeans

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

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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