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Nebraska corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

USDA NASS state yield estimates for Nebraska, 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
194 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 194 in 2021, 2025
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 142 in 2012
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 184.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 183.6 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +1.90 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS
65.5 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 65.5 in 2025
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 41.5 in 2012
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 57.3 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 58.0 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +0.54 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS
33 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2026): 57 in 2019
  • Lowest (2010–2026): 32 in 2022
  • 5-year average (2022–2026): 41.2 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2017–2026): 44.8 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2026): −0.04 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.

Nebraska 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
2026pendingpendingpendingpending33
202519410.765.54.8547
202418810.0557.55.352
20231829.9551.55.2542
20221659.6495.7532
20211949.9635.649
202018010.2585.241
201918210.158.54.957
20181929.6585.6549
20171819.5557.55.746
20161789.85615.254
20151859.4585.338
20141799.3545.449
20131699.9553.54.835
20121421041.55.0541
20111609.85544.945
20101669.1552.55.1543

Top Nebraska counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 46 of the 93 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the Nebraska state yield of 194 bu/ac.

#County2025 bu/acvs state
1Phelps County240.5+46.5
2Kearney County235.4+41.4
3Hamilton County233+39
4Keya Paha County224.2+30.2
5Cedar County223.8+29.8
6Cuming County218.9+24.9
7Stanton County216.1+22.1
8Burt County214.2+20.2
9Butler County212+18
10Buffalo County211.1+17.1
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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