52 March 26, 2015 2015 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine Lincoln Daily News.com
The National Ag Statistics Office has released 2014
corn and soybean yields by county on February 19.
The state average corn yield was 200 bushels per
acre, compared to the 178 bushel average of the 2013
season. Logan County averaged 230.8 bushels per
acre and Sangamon County averaged 226.8. Menard
County had an average yield of 222.7.
Top corn yield counties were Macon with 236
bushels per acre average, Piatt yielding 235.2, Logan
230.8, Sangamon 226.8, and Tazewell with 224.4.
McLean had the top county production for corn with
70,408,000 bushels for the county. Production in
Logan County was 46,156,000 from 200,000 acres,
Menard had 18,240 bushels from 81,900 acres, and
Sangamon had 51,138,000 bushels on 225,500 acres
harvested.
The Logan County yield represents a record yield,
surpassing the previous record of 198.1 set in 2013.
The Sangamon County yield also blew by the
former record yield of 199 set in 2007. Menard also
represents a new record. The new 10 year average
yields are 174.25 for Logan and 179.15 for
Sangamon. Menard County won’t have a history for a
while, as they didn’t have enough respondents to last
year’s survey. This led to Menard County yields being
combined with other counties with a similar situation.
The state soybean average yield was 56 bushels to
the acre, compared to the 2013 state average of 49.
Top counties were Piatt at 69.2, Macon yielding 67.4
bushels per acre, Champaign at 63.9, Logan with 63.7,
and Moultrie with 63.6.
This establishes a new Logan County record yield,
passing the 57.6 established in 2010, while the
Sangamon County record yield of 63.3 passes the 60.4
set also in 2010. The Menard County yield is also
a record with 60.2 bushels per acre. Logan County
production was 8,682,000 bushels on 136,300 acres.
Sangamon County had production of 9.699,000 on
153,300 acres. McLean County again led the state in
production with 18,603,000 bushels. The new 10 year
average yield for soybeans is 53.56 in Logan County
and 55.25 in Sangamon County.
For a full listing of reported counties, you may visit the website at:
/
Illinois/Publications/County_Estimates/2014main.htm Select the crop you would like to see county level information
for.
Year
Sangamon
Logan
Year
Sangamon
Logan
2014
96.5
230.8
10 year
average
2013
226.8
198.1
198.2
2012
2011
131.3
173.4
165.7
2010
155.7
154.5
2009
188
189
2007
2008
188
184
199
197
2006
171
174
2005
144
2013
169
174.25
179.15
2014
63.7
63.3
56.4
55.8
2012
47.3
49.5
2009
2011
54.6
55.5
2010
57.6
60.4
51
53
2008
50
57
2005
50
2007
51
2006
52
54
53
53
10 year
average
53.56
55.25
Charts showing corn and soybean 10 yield averages for Logan and Sangamon Counties follow.
2014 county crop yields
