{"id":9772,"date":"2025-05-14T14:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=9772"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:38:07","slug":"corn-yield-figures-from-2024-harvest-hit-and-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/9772-corn-yield-figures-from-2024-harvest-hit-and-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Corn Yield Figures from 2024 Harvest Hit and Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>County yield averages for corn and soybeans released this month by USDA&#8217;s National Agricultural Statistics Service revealed some pleasant surprises in parts of the state and challenges in others from the 2024 harvest.<\/p>\n<p>The annual report released May 6 also contained some major holes as 2024 yield estimates were not published for 40 of Illinois&#8217; 102 counties due to a lack of information. NASS didn&#8217;t receive enough survey responses from farmers in more than a third of Illinois counties to publish yield estimates for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Survey results were available for corn yields in three area counties.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham County saw a yield per acre of 217.5 bushels per acre. Clay County posted an average corn yield of 173 bushels per acre. 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