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Page 40 March 23, 2017
2017 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS
T
he National Ag Statistics Office has released
2016 corn and soybean yields by county on
February 23. The state average corn yield was
197 bushels per acre, compared to the 175 bushel
per acre average of the 2015 season. The 2016
yield averages were Logan with 219.4 bushels
per acre, Menard with 209.3, and Sangamon with
222.1. By comparison, last year Logan County
averaged 172.8, Menard 188.2, and Sangamon
183.5. Record yields are the 2014 yields of
230.8 bushels per acre for Logan, Menard
County with 222.7, and Sangamon County
averaged 226.8. Top corn yield counties were
Tazewell with 236, Woodford at 232.8, Carroll
averaging 231.9, Warren at 229.2, and Ogle
averaging 225.9. McLean had the top county
production for corn with 70,340,000 bushels for
the county. Production in Logan County was
43,723,000, Menard had 17,062,000 bushels, and
Sangamon had 50,967,000 bushels produced.
The new 10 year average yields are 181.97
for Logan and 185.41 for Sangamon. Menard
County won’t have a history for a while, as they
didn’t have enough respondents to the 2013
survey. This led to Menard County yields being
combined with other counties with a similar
situation.
The state soybean average yield was 59 bushels
to the acre, exceeding the 2015 average of 56.
Top counties were Piatt at 71.3, Carroll with 69,
Moultrie at 68.5, Macon averaging 68.2, and
Champaign at 67.7. Logan County established
a new record with an average yield of 66.6,
compared to last year’s 56.6. Menard County set
a new record with 63.6 bushels per acre average,
with a 2015 60 bushel average. The Sangamon
County yield also set a new high at 66.2 bushels
per acre, and the prior year averaged 60.7. Logan
County production was 9,156,000 bushels,
Sangamon County had production of 9,472,000,
and Menard had 3,910,000 bushels produced.
McLean County again led the state in production
with 18,950,000 bushels. The new 10 year
average yield for soybeans is 55.38 in Logan
County and 57.24 in Sangamon County.
2016 County Crop
Yields Released
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