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North Dakota corn, soybean & wheat yield by year

USDA NASS state yield estimates for North Dakota, 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
158 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 158 in 2016, 2025
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 105 in 2011, 2021
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 137.0 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 140.5 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +1.81 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Soybeans · 2025 USDA NASS
34.5 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2025): 41.5 in 2016
  • Lowest (2010–2025): 25.5 in 2021
  • 5-year average (2021–2025): 33.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2016–2025): 34.5 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2025): +0.12 bu/ac per year, n = 16 years (least-squares line, not projected)
Winter wheat · 2026 USDA NASS
49 bu/ac
  • Highest (2010–2026): 60 in 2022
  • Lowest (2010–2026): 33 in 2021
  • 5-year average (2022–2026): 53.6 bu/ac, n = 5 of 5 years
  • 10-year average (2017–2026): 48.3 bu/ac, n = 10 of 10 years
  • Trend (2010–2026): +0.29 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 Dakota 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
2026pendingpendingpendingpending49
20251584.734.56.5549
20241493.9537.56.654
20231434.0535.56.256
20221302.95355.760
20211054.125.57.2533
20201391.95345.7549
20191313.531.55.653
20181533.15356.943
20171393.4234.57.137
20161583.4541.56.0548
20151282.7532.55.7544
20141242.834.55.949
20131103.8530.54.6543
20121223.6434.54.7556
20111052.2329437
20101322.05344.155

Top North Dakota counties by 2025 corn yield

USDA NASS county corn-for-grain yield, 2025, all practices. NASS published a 2025 figure for 31 of the 53 counties in the Atlas; counties without a published figure are not ranked. The last column compares with the North Dakota state yield of 158 bu/ac.

#County2025 bu/acvs state
1Sargent County194.7+36.7
2Ransom County188.4+30.4
3Richland County184.3+26.3
4Cass County182.3+24.3
5Dickey County182.2+24.2
6Traill County181.5+23.5
7Barnes County168.2+10.2
8Grand Forks County166.7+8.7
9Stutsman County164.4+6.4
10Foster County160.6+2.6
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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