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:

Year	Harvested	Yield	Production
1999	169300 acres	50 bushel	8465000 bushel
2000	162700 acres	47 bushel	7646900 bushel
2001	164100 acres	47 bushel	7712700 bushel
2002	161700 acres	52 bushel	8408400 bushel
2003	153700 acres	41 bushel	6301700 bushel
2004	147300 acres	56 bushel	8248800 bushel
2005	140400 acres	53 bushel	7441200 bushel
2006	149400 acres	52 bushel	7768800 bushel
2007	110800 acres	50 bushel	5540000 bushel
2008	119100 acres	50 bushel	5955000 bushel