The Minnesota district recording the highest corn for grain production in 2019 was the south-central district with 281 million bushels, according to estimates released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Upper Midwest Regional Office.

Renville County was the largest corn-producing county in the state with 44.6 million bushels. Faribault, Redwood, Mower and Martin counties rounded out the Top 5.

Washington County led all counties with a county-average yield of 200.3 bushels per acre. Next in the yield line were Nicollet County, 197.3 bushels per acre; Goodhue County, 195.2 bushels per acre; Fillmore County, 194.4 bushels per acre; and Dakota County, 190.8 bushels per acre. Twenty-two counties surpassed the 180 bushel per acre yield mark.

Minnesota producers in the central district chopped 2.09 million tons of corn silage in 2019, according to USDA NASS estimates. This was 24% of the state’s total production.

The southeast district produced 1.95 million tons of silage, representing 22% of the state total.

Stearns, Winona and Becker counties were the top three silage-producing counties with 692,000 tons, 326,000 tons and 151,000 tons, respectively. Nicollet and Dodge counties rounded out the Top 5, producing 142,000 and 102,000 tons of silage, respectively, during the year.

Dakota County had the highest-average silage yield at 25.0 tons per acre. Red Lake and Washington counties recorded the second-highest yields of 23.5 tons per acre. Ten counties had yields of 20 tons or above.

In 2019, five counties recorded total production of more than 8 million bushels of soybeans, led by Polk County, with 9.82 million bushels. Also topping the 8-million-bushel threshold were Redwood County, 9.63 million bushels; Renville County, 8.84 million bushels; Faribault County, 8.58 million bushels; and Marshall County, 8.27 million bushels.

Two districts had yields averaging more than 50 bushels per acre, led by the southeast district, where yields averaged 51.1 bushels per acre. This was followed by the south-central district, where yields averaged 50.6 bushels per acre.

Statewide, 12 counties averaged at least 50 bushels per acre, with Goodhue County recording the highest yield in the state at 54.2 bushels per acre. Rounding out the Top 5 yields were Martin County, 53.9 bushels per acre; Faribault County, 53.6 bushels per acre; Winona County, 53.2 bushels per acre; and Nicollet County, 53.1 bushels per acre.

Yields are derived from production divided by area harvested. Only published estimates were considered in rankings of districts and counties.

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