Logan County 2007 Crop Yields

As anticipated, Logan County had tremendous corn yields, and moderate soybean yields, substantiated by preliminary figures released by the Agricultural Statistics Service. The Logan County corn yield was established at 197 bushels per acre. This figure smashed the 171 bushel per acre yield achieved in 2006, and the former yield record of 189 bushels per acre from 2004. The Logan County 10 year average for corn yields is 166.3 bushels per acre (1998-2007). The top yielding corn counties in the state were Woodford County with 204 bushels per acre, Sangamon County and Menard Counties with 199, Warren County at 198, and DeKalb and Logan Counties at 197.

Soybean yields dropped again 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 49.7 bushels per acre. The top yielding county in the state for soybeans was Piatt County with 56 bushels per acre. Following Piatt were Douglas County with a yield of 55, and several counties at 54 bushel per acre yields. Counties with 54 bushel averages listed in order of total production were McLean, Champaign, Vermillion, Woodford, DeWitt, and Moultrie.

The top producing county for corn was McLean County once again with a total production of 77,224,000 bushels of corn. Livingston County unseated McLean County in total soybean production with 12,561,000 bushels of soybeans produced. Logan County production was 45,605,500 bushels of corn and 5,625,000 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 2007 yields in bushels per acre:

County	Corn	Soybeans	Wheat
Logan	197	50	---
Sangamon	199	51	75
Menard	199	46	75
Mason	178	37	52
Tazewell	191	53	67
McLean	196	54	61
DeWitt	187	54	---
Macon	191	53	---
(State Average)	175	43	57

Logan County Corn Data:

Year	Acres Harvested	Yield (bu/A)	Production (bu)
1998	185,000 acres	149 bushel	27,565,000 bushel
1999	175,000 acres	158 bushel	27,650,000 bushel
2000	180,000 acres	163 bushel	29,340,000 bushel
2001	181,900 acres	151 bushel	27,466,900 bushel
2002	180,100 acres	153 bushel	27,555,300 bushel
2003	184,900 acres	189 bushel	34,946,100 bushel
2004	187,000 acres	188 bushel	35,156,000 bushel
2005	201,800 acres	144 bushel	29,059,200 bushel
2006	196,600 acres	171 bushel	33,618,600 bushel
2006	196,600 acres	171 bushel	33,618,600 bushel
2007	233,000 acres	197 bushel	45,605,500 bushel

Logan County Soybean Data:

Year	Acres Harvested	Yield (bu/A)	Production (bu)
1998	172,400 acres	49 bushel	8,447,600 bushel
1999	169,300 acres	50 bushel	8,465,000 bushel
2000	162,700 acres	47 bushel	7,646,900 bushel
2001	164,100 acres	47 bushel	7,712,700 bushel
2002	161,700 acres	52 bushel	8,408,400 bushel
2003	153,700 acres	41 bushel	6,301,700 bushel
2004	147,300 acres	56 bushel	8,248,800 bush
2005	140,400 acres	53 bushel	7,441,200 bushel
2006	149,400 acres	52 bushel	7,768,800 bushel
2007	113,000 acres	50 bushel	5,625,000 bushel