CROPS SELECTED RECORDS
1930-1997
Crop Unit High
and
Low 		Year Harvested
Acres 		Year Yield
Per
Acre 		Year Production
CORN FOR GRAIN Bushel High 1933 1,456,000 1996 126.0 1982 62,620,000
Low 1995 275,000 1930 12.0 1930 14,544,000
CORN FOR SILAGE Ton High 1986 300,000 1996 16.5 1978 3,375,000
Low 1950 43,000 1930 3.5 1930 441,000
WHEAT Bushel High 1937 648,000 1997 68.0 1995 17,600,000
Low 1978 133,000 1932 10.8 1963 3,690,000
OATS 1/ Bushel High 1931 168,000 1989 55.0 1954 5,767,000
Low 1989 9,000 1936 2/ 17.5 1986 460,000
BARLEY Bushel High 1961 120,000 1997 85.0 1992 7,110,000
Low 1930 20,000 1936 20.0 1930 450,000
RYE Bushel High 1931 82,000 1997 40.0 1931 1,337,000
Low 1997 2/ 5,000 1932 9.5 1993 165,000
ALFALFA HAY Ton High 1959 263,000 1990 4.0 1961 714,000
Low 1930 42,000 1930 .9 1930 2/    
36,000

Ton
OTHER HAY High 1996 1,150,000 1992 2.3 1996 2,530,000
Low 1974 830,000 1977 1.1 1977 935,000
SOYBEANS Bushel High 1984 730,000 1996 34.0 1984 21,535,000
Low 1930 17,000 1930 7.0 1930 119,000
PEANUTS Pound High 1948 164,000 1991 3,200 1981 330,750,000
Low 1997 74,000 1930 720 1930 99,360,000
COTTON Pound 3/ High 1995 106,000 1994 944 1996 159,000
Low 1978 100 1950 120 1978 100
ALL TOBACCO Pound High 1930 193,000 1994 2,285 1952 185,153,000
Low 1986 38,430 1932 579 1932 53,591,000
FLUE-CURED Pound High 1930 140,000 1994 2,420 1952 144,100,000
Low 1987 2/ 28,000 1932 520 1932 32,240,000
FIRE-CURED Pound High 1930 38,000 1994 1,780 1931 28,305,000
Low 1996 2/ 1,100 1930 615 1995 1,540,000
BURLEY Pound High 1945 14,500 1969 2,590 1982 32,819,000
Low 1935 680 1932 900 1932 6,840,000
SUN-CURED Pound High 1930 5,800 1994 1,770 1951 4,008,000
Low 1996 2/ 70 1932 545 1995 79,000
1/ Discontinued after 1989. 2/ These are the latest years that records were achieved. In some cases, these records were equaled in earlier years. 3/ Cotton yield in pounds, production in 480 pound net-weight bales.

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