2019 Spring Farm Outlook

2019 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine Lincoln Daily News March 21, 2019 Page 47 2018 crop yield reports for Illinois and Logan County Year Logan 2018 219.4 236.2 10 year average 2017 213.0 2016 2015 172.8 2014 230.8 2013 198.1 2011 2012 96.5 173.4 2010 155.7 2009 188 188.84 Corn Year Logan 2017 2018 71.8 64.7 2016 66.6 2013 2015 56.6 2014 63.7 56.4 2012 47.3 2009 54.6 2011 2010 57.6 51 10 year average 59.0 Soybean Charts showing corn and soybean 10 yield averages for Logan County follow. For a full listing of reported counties you may visit the website at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ Statistics_by_State/Illinois/ Publications/County_Estimates/ Select the year and crop you would like to see county level information for. The National Ag Statistics Office has released 2018 corn and soybean yields by county on March 21, about a month later than anticipated due to the government shutdown. The state average corn yield was 210.0 bushels per acre, compared to the 201 bushel per acre average of the 2017 season. The 2018 yield average for Logan was 236.2 bushels per acre. By comparison, last year Logan County averaged 213.0. This 236.2 yield surpasses the previous record of 230.8 set in 2014 for Logan County. Top corn yield counties were Douglas with 246, Piatt at 241.8, Warren at 241.7, Macon yielding 239.9, and Sangamon with a yield of 236.4. McLean had the top county production for corn with 71,884,000 bushels for the county. Production in Logan County was 40,657,000 bushels on 172,100 acres harvested. The new 10 year average corn yield is 188.84 for Logan County. The state soybean average yield was 65 bushels to the acre, exceeding the 2017 average of 58. Top counties were Sangamon with 82.3, Morgan yielding 81.6, Douglas averaging 80.0, Piatt yielding 79.2 and Moultrie at 77.7. Logan County averaged 71.8bushels per acre, besting the previous record of 66.6 achieved in 2016. Logan County production was 11,175,000 bushels from a harvested acreage of 155,700. McLean County once again led in county production with 21,516,000 bushels. The new 10 year average yield for soybeans is 59.0 in Logan County. Maps of 2018 yields and charts showing corn and soybean 10 yield averages for Logan County follow.