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Kentucky corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

USDA NASS state yield estimates for Kentucky, 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
167 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 192 in 2021
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 68 in 2012
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 176.0 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 174.5 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +3.91 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS
42 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 56 in 2021
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 34 in 2010
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 50.4 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 50.7 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +0.72 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS
82 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2026): 88 in 2023
  • Lowest (2010–2026): 63 in 2012, 2020
  • 5-year average (2022–2026): 81.2 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2017–2026): 77.5 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2026): +0.94 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.

Kentucky 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
2026pendingpendingpendingpending82
20251671.52421.881
20241781.37482.0575
20231871.6551.8388
20221561.42511.9580
20211921.53561.8587
20201841.47551.8563
20191691.55461.776
20181751.33511.9566
20171781.32531.9577
20161591.5501.7980
20151721.4491.8473
20141581.5247.51.7671
20131701.53501.6775
2012681.65401.4863
20111391.38391.4970
20101241.34341.466

Top Kentucky counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 60 of the 120 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the Kentucky state yield of 167 bu/ac.

#County2025 bu/acvs state
1Gallatin County212+45
2Bath County199.5+32.5
3Simpson County198.5+31.5
4Hancock County196.8+29.8
5Christian County193.2+26.2
6Union County193+26
7Logan County190.6+23.6
8Ohio County183.4+16.4
9Fayette County180.1+13.1
10Allen County179.2+12.2
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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