IOWA - SOYBEANS FOR BEANS ACREAGE, AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE, AND PRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------- Crop ----- Acres ----- Avg. Yield Year Planted Harvested Per Acre Production ---------------------------------------------------------- --- Thousand acres --- Bu. Thousand bu. 1924 23 10 12.0 120 1925 18 7 14.0 98 1926 24 10 15.0 150 1927 48 23 12.0 276 1928 63 21 17.0 357 1929 80 36 16.0 576 1930 124 66 15.5 1,023 1931 159 51 15.5 790 1932 217 52 18.0 936 1933 248 95 17.0 1,615 1934 853 180 11.5 2,070 1935 1,200 408 16.5 6,732 1936 586 192 14.0 2,688 1937 753 234 18.5 4,329 1938 930 308 21.0 6,468 1939 1,288 550 20.7 11,385 1940 1,481 709 20.0 14,180 1941 1,288 942 17.0 16,014 1942 2,061 1,818 19.5 35,451 1943 2,021 1,873 19.5 36,524 1944 2,028 1,910 20.3 38,773 1945 1,973 1,910 18.5 35,335 1946 1,578 1,548 23.0 35,604 1947 1,957 1,884 15.5 29,202 1948 1,616 1,564 22.5 35,190 1949 1,380 1,340 23.0 30,820 1950 1,960 1,930 22.0 42,460 1951 1,638 1,583 20.5 32,452 1952 1,540 1,526 25.5 38,913 1953 1,679 1,657 21.5 35,626 1954 2,149 2,129 26.5 56,418 1955 2,278 2,261 20.0 45,220 1956 2,551 2,500 20.0 50,000 1957 2,844 2,827 27.0 76,329 1958 3,128 3,116 25.5 79,458 1959 2,377 2,369 26.5 62,778 1960 2,615 2,599 25.5 66,274 1961 3,426 3,405 28.5 97,042 1962 3,415 3,405 27.5 93,638 1963 3,586 3,575 30.5 109,038 1964 4,267 4,254 28.5 121,239 1965 4,864 4,850 26.0 126,100 1966 5,010 4,996 29.5 147,382 1967 5,361 5,246 27.5 144,265 1968 5,576 5,561 32.0 177,952 1969 5,632 5,450 32.5 177,125