Breaking down the yield numbers
According to Greg Thessen, Iowa state director for USDA-NASS, here's how corn yield broke down for major Corn Belt and Plains states for the 2011 crop:
- Illinois: 157 bu/ac; no change from 2010
- Indiana: 146 bu/ac; 11 bu. lower than 2010
- Iowa: 172 bu/ac; 7 bu. higher than 2010
- Kansas: 107 bu/ac; 18 bu. lower than 2010
- Michigan: 156 bu/ac; 6 bu. lower than 2010
- Minnesota: 156 bu/ac; 21 bu. lowre than 2010
- Missouri: 114 bu/ac; 9 bu. lower than 2010
- Nebraska: 160 bu/ac; 6 bu. lower than 2010
- Ohio: 158 bu/ac; 5 bu. lower than 2010
For soybeans, yields were:
- Illinois: 47 bu/ac; 4.5 bu. lower than 2010
- Indiana: 45 bu/ac; 3.5 bu. lower than 2010
- Iowa: 50.5 bu/ac; 0.5 bu. lower than 2010
- Kansas: 27 bu/ac; 5.5 bu. lower than 2010
- Michigan: 44 bu/ac; 0.5 bu. lower than 2010
- Minnesota: 38.5 bu/ac; 6.5 bu. lower than 2010
- Missouri: 36.5 bu/ac; 5 bu. lower than 2010
- Nebraska: 53.5 bu/ac; 1 bu. lower than 2010
- Ohio: 47.5 bu/ac; 0.5 bu. lower than 2010








