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Arkansas corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

Name: Arkansas corn, soybean & wheat yield by year, 2010–2026
Creator: AGSIST

USDA NASS state yield estimates for Arkansas, 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

182 bu/ac

Highest (2010–2025): 187 in 2014, 2024
Lowest (2010–2025): 141 in 2011
5-year average (2021–2025): 181.8 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
10-year average (2016–2025): 180.3 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
Trend (2010–2025): +1.50 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)

Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS

55 bu/ac

Highest (2010–2025): 55 in 2024, 2025
Lowest (2010–2025): 35 in 2010
5-year average (2021–2025): 53.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
10-year average (2016–2025): 51.7 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
Trend (2010–2025): +1.09 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)

Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS

56 bu/ac

Highest (2010–2026): 63 in 2014
Lowest (2010–2026): 52 in 2017, 2019
5-year average (2022–2026): 55.8 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
10-year average (2017–2026): 55.1 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
Trend (2010–2026): −0.10 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:

corn 188 bu/ac; soybeans 57 bu/ac — 2026 crop · USDA NASS in-season forecast

A forecast changes month to month and is not comparable with the annual estimates in the table.

Arkansas 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).

Year	Corn bu/ac	Corn planted, M ac	Soybeans bu/ac	Soybeans planted, M ac	Winter wheat bu/ac
2026	pending	pending	pending	pending	56
2025	182	0.81	55	2.59	57
2024	187	0.5	55	3.05	56
2023	183	0.85	54	2.98	57
2022	173	0.71	52	3.18	53
2021	184	0.85	52	3.04	58
2020	184	0.62	51.5	2.82	55
2019	175	0.77	49	2.65	52
2018	181	0.66	50.5	3.27	55
2017	183	0.62	51	3.53	52
2016	171	0.76	47	3.13	54
2015	181	0.46	49	3.2	56
2014	187	0.54	49.5	3.23	63
2013	186	0.88	43.5	3.27	62
2012	178	0.71	43.5	3.2	55
2011	141	0.56	38.5	3.33	58
2010	150	0.39	35	3.19	54

Top Arkansas counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 26 of the 75 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the Arkansas state yield of 182 bu/ac.

#	County	2025 bu/ac	vs state
1	Woodruff County	222.4	+40.4
2	Prairie County	200.3	+18.3
3	Jefferson County	199.2	+17.2
4	Drew County	199.1	+17.1
5	Poinsett County	198.8	+16.8
6	Arkansas County	196.4	+14.4
7	Greene County	190.2	+8.2
8	Clay County	189.9	+7.9
9	Lincoln County	188.8	+6.8
10	Lonoke County	187.1	+5.1

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.

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