2013 county crop yields released

Logan County corn 198.1, soybeans 56.4

By John Fulton

[February 24, 2014]  On Thursday, the National Agricultural Statistics Service released 2013 corn and soybean yields by county. The state average corn yield in Illinois was 178 bushels per acre, compared with the 105 bushel average of the 2012 drought. Logan County averaged 198.1 bushels per acre in 2013 and Sangamon County averaged 198.2.

Top corn yield counties were Carroll County with 200 bushels per acre, Christian County at 199.8, Sangamon with 198.2, Logan at 198.1 and Macon at 192.7. Menard and DeWitt counties were among a group not having individual county numbers due to acreage being below reportable numbers as an individual county.

McLean had the top county production for corn with 63,008,000 bushels. Production in Logan County was 41,005,000 bushels 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 of 2012, with 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.

For soybeans, the state average yield for 2013 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.

Corn yields
(In bushels per acre)

Year	Logan	Sangamon
2013	198.1	198.2
2012	96.5	131.3
2011	173.4	165.7
2010	155.7	154.5
2009	188	189
2008	188	184
2007	197	199
2006	171	174
2005	144	169
2004	188	192
10-year average	169.97	175.67

Soybean yields
(In bushels per acre)

Year	Logan	Sangamon
2013	56.4	55.8
2012	47.3	49.5
2011	54.6	55.5
2010	57.6	60.4
2009	51	53
2008	50	57
2007	50	51
2006	52	54
2005	53	53
2004	56	54
10-year average	52.79	54.32

For a full listing of reported counties, visit the website at http://www.nass.usda.gov/
Statistics_by_State/Illinois/Publications/
County_Estimates/2013main.htm. To see county-level information, select the report for the crop.

[By JOHN FULTON, University of Illinois Extension]