USDA NASS County-Level Production Data for 2017 Released

Feb 27, 2018

Nebraska crop production estimates, based primarily on surveys conducted with farmers and ranchers last fall, are at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/

The top five corn-producing counties in Nebraska in 2017 were:

York (45.4 million bu);

Hamilton (42.1 million bu);

Antelope (40.5 million bu);

Buffalo (39.7 million bu); and

Phelps (38.9 million bu)

The top five soybean-producing counties in Nebraska in 2017 were:

Saunders (9,995,000 bu);

Gage (8,758,000 bu);

Platte (8,472,000 bu);

Antelope (8,468,000 bu); and

Cuming (7,665,000 bu).

More county-level data is available.

Source: unl.edu

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