As anticipated, Logan County had very good corn yields, 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 bushels per acre. The 2004 crop is the soybean record with a 56 bushels per acre yield. 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 1000 acres were harvested. Plantings were actually higher, but many area wheat fields were destroyed because of cold injury.
Following is a table of Logan County, and surrounding counties, with 2008 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
Logan County Corn Data:
Historical Logan County Corn Yields and Production for 10 years:
Year
Harvested
Yield
Production
1999
175000 acres
158 bushel
27650000 bushel
2000
180000 acres
163 bushel
29340000 bushel
2001
181900 acres
151 bushel
27466900 bushel
2002
180100 acres
153 bushel
27555300 bushel
2003
184900 acres
189 bushel
34946100 bushel
2004
187000 acres
188 bushel
35156000 bushel
2005
201800 acres
144 bushel
29059200 bushel
2006
196600 acres
171 bushel
33618600 bushel
2007
231500 acres
197 bushel
45605500 bushel
2008
224000 acres
188 bushel
42112000 bushel
Logan County Soybean Data:
Historical Logan County Soybean Yields and Production for 10 years: