In 2021, Dane County led all Wisconsin counties in total soybean production, with 5.38 million bushels according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Rock (5.33 million), Dodge (4.98 million), Grant (4.72 million) and Lafayette (4.14 million) counties rounded out the top five counties with the highest production.
Statewide, seven counties averaged at least 60 bushels per acre. Lafayette County had the highest yield with an average of 63.5 bushels per acre. Dane (62.9), Dodge (62.9), Grant (62.9) and Iowa (61.3) counties rounded out the top five highest yielding counties.
Burnett County recorded the lowest average yield at 38.2 bushels per acre.
Yields are derived from production divided by area harvested. Only published estimates were considered in rankings of counties.
Dane County was the highest-ranking county for corn for grain production with 26.3 million bushels produced. Grant, Rock, Lafayette and Dodge counties rounded out the top five. One other county had production of more than 20 million bushels — Columbia.
Lafayette led all counties with an average yield of 210.9 bushels per acre. Grant (208.3), Dodge (199.5), Green (196.7) and Fond du Lac (194.5) counties rounded out the top five. Four other counties surpassed the 190 bushel mark in 2021 — Rock, Dane, Columbia and Dunn.
In 2021, Dane County led all Wisconsin counties in total corn silage production with nearly 1.07 million tons, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fond du Lac (1.05 million), Manitowoc (970,000), Dodge (748,000) and Brown (731,000) counties rounded out the top five highest-producing counties.
Green Lake County had the highest yield with an average of 25 tons per acre harvested. The next highest yields were in Pierce (24.5) and Jackson (24) counties. Six counties had a yield of 23.5 tons per acre.
