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North Carolina corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

USDA NASS state yield estimates for North Carolina, 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
144 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 149 in 2021
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 84 in 2011
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 130.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 126.1 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +1.55 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS
36 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 40 in 2014, 2017, 2021
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 26 in 2010
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 38.4 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 37.3 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +0.47 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS
53 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2026): 70 in 2023
  • Lowest (2010–2026): 38 in 2010
  • 5-year average (2022–2026): 60.8 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2017–2026): 58.8 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2026): +0.49 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.

North Carolina 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
2026pendingpendingpendingpending53
20251440.95361.6360
2024870.89391.6357
20231470.9538.51.6470
20221260.8238.51.764
20211490.96401.6556
20201130.99381.660
20191110.99351.5456
20181130.91331.6557
20171420.89401.755
20161291351.6941
20151130.79321.8253
20141320.84401.7558
20131420.9333.51.4857
20121170.8739.51.5957
2011840.8730.51.3868
2010910.91261.5838

Top North Carolina counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 55 of the 100 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the North Carolina state yield of 144 bu/ac.

#County2025 bu/acvs state
1Camden County201+57
2Cherokee County195.2+51.2
3Transylvania County191.8+47.8
4Pasquotank County188.2+44.2
5Currituck County180.1+36.1
6Surry County177.7+33.7
7Haywood County174.6+30.6
8Chowan County174.1+30.1
9Washington County172.3+28.3
10Pamlico County169.9+25.9
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) · North Carolina Farmland Atlas: every county · North Carolina cash rent by county.

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