Iowa Ag News - 2014 Corn County Estimates - Publication

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Iowa Ag News –
2014 Corn County Estimates
Upper Midwest Region - Iowa Field Office · 210 Walnut Street Ste 833 · Des Moines IA 50309 · (515) 284-4340 · (800)772-0825
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In Cooperation with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
February 19, 2015

Media Contact: Greg Thessen

Iowa corn growers produced 2.37 billion bushels in 2014, the third largest on record, 2 percent below the record
high set in 2009 and less than 1 percent below 2007 according to estimates released by the USDA, National
Agricultural Statistics Service. Kossuth County was the largest corn producing county in Iowa with 57.2
million bushels. Webster, Plymouth, Sioux, and Pottawattamie rounded out the top five.
The Iowa corn yield, at 178 bushels per acre, was the third highest on record, trailing the record high of 181 set
in 2004 and tied in 2009. Four of the five highest yielding counties were in the Southeast District. Jefferson led
all counties with a county-wide average of 200.9 bushels per acre. Lee County also topped the 200 bushel level.
Des Moines, Clinton, and Henry counties rounded out the top five.
Generally favorable conditions supported corn development during 2014, with widespread heavy rainfall during
the last half of August. High grain moisture levels kept harvest 1 to 2 weeks behind normal throughout October
before more favorable conditions in November let corn harvest finish on schedule.

2014 CORN YIELD

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Corn: Area Planted For All Purposes, Area Harvested for Grain, Yield and Production –
Iowa by County, 2013-2014
County
and
District

Area Planted
for all Purposes
2013

2014

Area Harvested
for Grain
2013

2014

Yield

Production

2013

2014
(bushels
per acre)
172.1
183.6
166.3
157.9
165.0
172.9
180.3
175.4
164.6
187.3
174.8
187.4
175.3

(acres)

(acres)

(acres)

(acres)

Buena Vista ........
Cherokee ............
Clay ....................
Dickinson ............
Emmet ................
Lyon ...................
O’Brien ................
Osceola ..............
Palo Alto .............
Plymouth ............
Pocahontas ........
Sioux ..................
Northwest ...........

177,000
157,000
165,500
99,000
121,000
192,500
176,500
133,500
175,500
244,500
180,000
265,000
2,087,000

172,500
153,500
160,500
94,500
120,500
183,000
169,000
131,500
190,500
232,000
184,500
256,000
2,048,000

172,200
144,900
150,400
93,000
119,400
172,800
165,500
121,800
172,500
236,500
178,000
228,000
1,955,000

170,300
150,600
155,700
92,300
119,000
164,400
162,500
123,900
187,400
216,500
182,900
215,500
1,941,000

(bushels
per acre)
160.5
185.1
167.2
162.4
166.4
190.5
195.3
182.0
168.8
188.9
163.8
194.1
178.6

Butler ..................
Cerro Gordo .......
Floyd ..................
Franklin ..............
Hancock .............
Humboldt ............
Kossuth ..............
Mitchell ...............
Winnebago .........
Worth ..................
Wright .................
North Central......

172,500
141,500
128,500
195,500
182,500
127,000
309,500
109,000
114,000
89,500
176,500
1,746,000

173,500
184,000
150,000
208,000
200,500
142,500
330,000
160,000
135,500
126,500
185,500
1,996,000

171,100
130,300
123,800
192,100
177,500
125,500
301,000
102,200
109,700
88,300
173,500
1,695,000

170,300
181,800
143,900
205,000
193,400
139,300
324,000
153,000
133,600
122,200
183,500
1,950,000

179.2
163.1
170.0
179.6
169.9
155.4
167.7
164.1
149.1
150.7
168.8
167.1

Allamakee ...........
Black Hawk .........
Bremer ...............
Buchanan ...........
Chickasaw ..........
Clayton ...............
Delaware ............
Dubuque .............
Fayette ...............
Howard ...............
Winneshiek .........
Northeast............

88,500
147,500
126,500
198,000
141,000
156,500
205,000
149,500
188,000
86,000
147,500
1,634,000

94,500
148,500
124,500
192,500
154,000
155,000
195,500
146,000
196,000
136,500
166,000
1,709,000

78,100
140,800
123,000
195,000
132,600
146,800
187,700
136,900
178,000
78,600
132,500
1,530,000

80,400
145,200
121,800
190,400
148,400
148,600
187,500
133,900
190,700
133,300
149,800
1,630,000

Audubon .............
Calhoun ..............
Carroll .................
Crawford .............
Greene ...............
Guthrie ...............
Harrison ..............
Ida ......................
Monona ..............
Sac .....................
Shelby ................
Woodbury ...........
West Central ......

119,000
176,500
197,500
221,000
185,500
119,000
199,000
136,500
200,000
178,500
186,500
232,000
2,151,000

115,000
182,500
192,500
214,000
175,000
115,500
186,000
126,500
179,000
167,500
182,000
222,500
2,058,000

116,500
172,100
190,300
213,000
179,600
114,100
194,000
131,800
193,900
172,500
182,200
220,000
2,080,000

Boone .................
Dallas .................
Grundy ...............
Hamilton .............
Hardin .................
Jasper ................
Marshall ..............
Polk ....................
Poweshiek ..........
Story ...................
Tama ..................
Webster ..............
Central ................

162,000
144,000
163,500
197,000
192,000
173,500
160,000
83,500
148,500
161,000
173,000
210,000
1,968,000

165,000
141,000
156,000
196,000
186,000
171,500
152,000
83,500
141,000
163,000
164,000
216,000
1,935,000

158,500
141,600
159,900
194,100
187,300
167,500
152,900
81,200
143,400
158,100
169,500
206,000
1,920,000

2013

2014

(bushels)

(bushels)

27,636,000
26,815,000
25,145,000
15,100,000
19,864,000
32,910,000
32,325,000
22,172,000
29,123,000
44,665,000
29,152,000
44,260,000
349,167,000

29,310,000
27,650,000
25,890,000
14,574,000
19,640,000
28,429,000
29,298,000
21,730,000
30,841,000
40,546,000
31,965,000
40,377,000
340,250,000

167.7
168.3
162.8
165.8
173.9
176.9
176.6
175.1
172.7
181.5
169.4
171.9

30,657,000
21,258,000
21,048,000
34,493,000
30,156,000
19,505,000
50,484,000
16,773,000
16,353,000
13,304,000
29,285,000
283,316,000

28,564,000
30,597,000
23,432,000
33,999,000
33,630,000
24,640,000
57,229,000
26,790,000
23,068,000
22,180,000
31,086,000
335,215,000

162.1
166.1
175.1
168.8
171.8
181.2
184.7
196.0
181.2
159.1
181.8
176.6

175.6
165.2
159.0
169.3
157.6
176.7
174.9
184.9
170.9
164.4
174.0
170.2

12,658,000
23,390,000
21,539,000
32,922,000
22,787,000
26,603,000
34,665,000
26,828,000
32,248,000
12,507,000
24,090,000
270,237,000

14,120,000
23,994,000
19,371,000
32,232,000
23,390,000
26,257,000
32,790,000
24,753,000
32,588,000
21,921,000
26,064,000
277,480,000

112,800
180,700
189,300
209,500
171,100
110,000
183,500
123,700
175,500
163,600
179,300
216,000
2,015,000

157.1
132.6
136.5
157.8
137.9
130.1
177.1
177.7
175.2
142.6
182.6
164.2
156.8

185.5
189.6
188.6
183.0
181.2
176.1
161.1
189.9
156.6
179.8
185.2
177.5
179.2

18,297,000
22,829,000
25,976,000
33,612,000
24,765,000
14,845,000
34,350,000
23,427,000
33,971,000
24,590,000
33,276,000
36,113,000
326,051,000

20,921,000
34,257,000
35,710,000
38,330,000
31,007,000
19,369,000
29,564,000
23,495,000
27,491,000
29,408,000
33,213,000
38,346,000
361,111,000

164,000
139,900
155,000
194,400
182,900
169,200
148,000
82,100
139,100
158,500
161,400
213,500
1,908,000

154.2
145.3
180.8
135.0
156.6
158.8
163.2
143.6
158.5
137.2
158.7
137.6
152.2

180.9
195.5
182.4
173.1
166.3
191.5
190.5
181.4
188.4
169.9
182.7
190.0
182.4

24,444,000
20,580,000
28,906,000
26,207,000
29,326,000
26,596,000
24,953,000
11,659,000
22,724,000
21,689,000
26,897,000
28,337,000
292,318,000

29,672,000
27,348,000
28,278,000
33,655,000
30,416,000
32,396,000
28,194,000
14,889,000
26,211,000
26,923,000
29,485,000
40,558,000
348,025,000
--continued

The complete report can be found under Publications on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov.

Corn: Area Planted For All Purposes, Area Harvested for Grain, Yield and Production –
Iowa by County, 2013-2014 (continued)
County
and
District

Area Planted
for all Purposes
2013

2014

Area Harvested
for Grain
2013

2014

Yield
2013

2014
(bushels
per acre)
185.4
184.1
197.0
192.1
188.9
184.6
180.1
176.1
188.1
194.5
186.9

Benton ...............
Cedar ................
Clinton ...............
Iowa ...................
Jackson .............
Johnson .............
Jones .................
Linn ...................
Muscatine ..........
Scott ..................
East Central ......

196,000
164,000
201,500
122,500
114,500
112,500
157,000
162,000
91,000
112,000
1,433,000

194,500
154,500
192,500
121,500
115,000
109,000
157,000
153,000
91,000
108,000
1,396,000

189,700
159,800
197,000
117,100
106,000
108,700
148,400
157,700
87,600
108,000
1,380,000

192,700
152,900
187,300
118,000
109,300
107,500
154,100
150,700
87,800
105,700
1,366,000

(bushels
per acre)
163.7
169.7
185.6
165.9
173.2
181.1
179.3
178.6
158.3
167.8
173.2

Adair ..................
Adams ...............
Cass ..................
Fremont .............
Mills ...................
Montgomery ......
Page ..................
Pottawattamie ....
Taylor ................
Southwest .........

113,000
74,500
139,000
119,500
101,000
96,500
116,000
253,500
91,000
1,104,000

109,500
75,500
133,500
119,500
98,500
93,700
113,000
241,000
89,800
1,074,000

109,900
71,100
134,900
116,900
98,900
93,600
113,700
247,000
89,000
1,075,000

104,300
73,900
131,800
118,100
97,000
92,200
111,600
233,500
88,600
1,051,000

137.8
147.6
159.5
159.9
171.0
154.0
154.5
179.4
136.2
159.2

Appanoose ........
Clarke ................
Decatur ..............
Lucas .................
Madison .............
Marion ...............
Monroe ..............
Ringgold ............
Union .................
Warren ..............
Wayne ...............
South Central ....

33,800
36,900
39,000
31,000
71,300
77,700
30,900
61,700
58,300
66,700
59,700
567,000

34,100
36,600
31,700
33,000
70,400
82,500
32,300
59,900
53,900
69,000
57,600
561,000

31,100
33,600
36,200
29,000
69,200
75,800
28,600
59,000
56,700
63,400
57,400
540,000

32,600
32,200
29,400
31,200
69,000
79,000
31,200
57,500
51,600
66,700
55,600
536,000

Davis .................
Des Moines .......
Henry .................
Jefferson ............
Keokuk ..............
Lee ....................
Louisa ................
Mahaska ............
Van Buren .........
Wapello .............
Washington .......
Southeast ..........

46,000
71,000
78,500
75,000
117,000
75,000
89,000
131,500
48,500
55,500
123,000
910,000

50,100
70,100
81,400
74,100
118,000
76,900
81,900
137,000
53,000
60,500
120,000
923,000

43,600
69,000
76,000
71,900
111,400
72,100
86,200
124,400
46,200
54,000
120,200
875,000

Iowa ..................

13,600,000

13,700,000

13,050,000

(acres)

(acres)

(acres)

(acres)

Production
2013

2014

(bushels)

(bushels)

31,049,000
27,126,000
36,568,000
19,432,000
18,358,000
19,691,000
26,612,000
28,166,000
13,866,000
18,120,000
238,988,000

35,731,000
28,156,000
36,896,000
22,666,000
20,642,000
19,842,000
27,754,000
26,531,000
16,515,000
20,560,000
255,293,000

169.3
169.9
173.7
191.5
184.9
163.1
182.4
169.1
178.8
175.4

15,140,000
10,495,000
21,523,000
18,698,000
16,912,000
14,415,000
17,569,000
44,302,000
12,120,000
171,174,000

17,653,000
12,554,000
22,892,000
22,616,000
17,940,000
15,035,000
20,354,000
39,483,000
15,841,000
184,368,000

109.1
126.5
131.2
117.9
140.9
156.4
115.3
121.1
137.0
146.7
125.1
133.5

170.9
162.2
164.0
153.7
171.4
171.6
175.7
166.4
176.1
169.9
171.9
169.5

3,394,000
4,252,000
4,751,000
3,419,000
9,748,000
11,858,000
3,299,000
7,144,000
7,768,000
9,299,000
7,178,000
72,110,000

5,572,000
5,222,000
4,822,000
4,795,000
11,827,000
13,559,000
5,482,000
9,566,000
9,088,000
11,335,000
9,558,000
90,826,000

46,900
69,300
80,100
73,000
116,400
75,000
81,000
135,000
51,800
58,500
116,000
903,000

146.7
165.4
160.4
145.5
156.7
144.1
158.5
168.6
144.1
150.4
159.0
156.4

184.2
199.0
196.6
200.9
193.2
200.6
188.2
189.9
192.2
195.2
191.3
193.6

6,396,000
11,416,000
12,192,000
10,459,000
17,454,000
10,389,000
13,664,000
20,976,000
6,656,000
8,124,000
19,113,000
136,839,000

8,638,000
13,794,000
15,751,000
14,664,000
22,492,000
15,042,000
15,241,000
25,640,000
9,956,000
11,422,000
22,192,000
174,832,000

13,300,000

164.0

178.0

2,140,200,000

2,367,400,000

The complete report can be found under Publications on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov.