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Alabama corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

USDA NASS state yield estimates for Alabama, annual (end-of-season) figures only: corn (2010–2025, n = 16), soybeans (2010–2025, n = 16), winter wheat (2010–2026, n = 17). Every figure below is a USDA NASS number for the year shown; nothing is estimated or filled in by AGSIST. Source files updated Oct 6, 2026.

Corn · 2025 USDA NASS
152 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 167 in 2017
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 98 in 2012
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 141.8 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 145.7 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +1.69 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS
37 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 46 in 2017, 2021
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 26 in 2010
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 39.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 39.3 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +0.21 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS
79 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2026): 83 in 2021
  • Lowest (2010–2026): 55 in 2010
  • 5-year average (2022–2026): 73.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2017–2026): 74.4 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2026): +0.82 bu/ac per year, n = 17 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Current season, kept out of the table above. USDA NASS figures from AGSIST’s state crop file (data/state-stats.json), with that file’s own label:A forecast changes month to month and is not comparable with the annual estimates in the table.

Alabama yield by year

Newest first. Bushels per acre; planted acres in millions. Source: USDA NASS Quick Stats, state level. — means NASS published no figure for that year; “pending” means NASS has not yet released that crop year’s annual estimate (corn and soybeans come out in January).

YearCorn
bu/ac		Corn
planted, M ac		Soybeans
bu/ac		Soybeans
planted, M ac		Winter wheat
bu/ac
2026pendingpendingpendingpending79
20251520.34370.2971
20241120.28310.3671
20231640.33430.3575
20221180.3410.3672
20211630.33460.3183
20201580.32410.2872
20191470.3360.2772
20181560.26400.3472
20171670.25460.3577
20161200.33320.4270
20151470.26410.568
20141590.3400.4869
20131470.3243.50.4469
2012980.31450.3459
20111140.27330.373
20101150.27260.3555

Top Alabama counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 36 of the 67 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the Alabama state yield of 152 bu/ac.

#County2025 bu/acvs state
1Madison County181+29
2Lawrence County177.7+25.7
3Limestone County176.5+24.5
4Baldwin County170+18
5Conecuh County165.1+13.1
6Calhoun County161.8+9.8
7Lauderdale County161.3+9.3
8Marshall County160.7+8.7
9Colbert County157.5+5.5
10Cullman County157.5+5.5
How these numbers are made. Yields and planted acres are USDA NASS Quick Stats state estimates, pulled with the reference period pinned to the full year, so in-season monthly forecasts never enter the table. Highest and lowest are over the published years shown, not all-time records. Averages are plain means of the published years in the stated window, printed with how many years they rest on (withheld below 3 of 5 or 6 of 10). The trend is an ordinary least-squares line through every published year (at least 8); it describes the past window and is not a forecast. County figures are NASS county corn yields, all practices, as carried by the AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Wheat here is winter wheat only (NASS “WHEAT, WINTER”); spring wheat and durum are not included. AGSIST’s NASS pull carries no state winter wheat planted-acres series, so no wheat acres column is shown.

Related: corn & soybean yields for every state (USDA Quick Stats) · Alabama Farmland Atlas: every county · Alabama cash rent by county.

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