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Maryland corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

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

USDA NASS state yield estimates for Maryland, 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

171 bu/ac

Highest (2010–2025): 175 in 2014, 2021
Lowest (2010–2025): 106 in 2010
5-year average (2021–2025): 163.8 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
10-year average (2016–2025): 160.5 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
Trend (2010–2025): +2.81 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)

Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS

44 bu/ac

Highest (2010–2025): 53 in 2021
Lowest (2010–2025): 34 in 2010
5-year average (2021–2025): 46.2 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
10-year average (2016–2025): 46.2 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
Trend (2010–2025): +0.49 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)

Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS

79 bu/ac

Highest (2010–2026): 85 in 2023
Lowest (2010–2026): 60 in 2010
5-year average (2022–2026): 79.2 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
10-year average (2017–2026): 75.7 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
Trend (2010–2026): +1.14 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 170 bu/ac; soybeans 45 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.

Maryland 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	79
2025	171	0.46	44	0.47	79
2024	143	0.44	44	0.49	75
2023	165	0.48	47	0.47	85
2022	165	0.42	43	0.52	78
2021	175	0.46	53	0.49	79
2020	155	0.47	47	0.48	73
2019	161	0.51	44	0.48	75
2018	146	0.44	47.5	0.53	63
2017	172	0.48	51	0.5	71
2016	152	0.46	41.5	0.52	64
2015	164	0.44	40	0.52	64
2014	175	0.5	46	0.51	70
2013	158	0.48	39.5	0.48	67
2012	122	0.49	47	0.48	68
2011	109	0.5	39	0.47	67
2010	106	0.5	34	0.47	60

Top Maryland counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 15 of the 24 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the Maryland state yield of 171 bu/ac.

#	County	2025 bu/ac	vs state
1	Cecil County	201	+30
2	Howard County	199.5	+28.5
3	Kent County	193.5	+22.5
4	Queen Anne's County	192.1	+21.1
5	Harford County	191.5	+20.5
6	Anne Arundel County	176.8	+5.8
7	Carroll County	173.3	+2.3
8	Washington County	158	−13
9	Somerset County	154.5	−16.5
10	Worcester County	152.9	−18.1

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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