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Winneshiek County Leads Iowa in Oat Production
Iowa Ag Connection - 12/18/2018
In 2018, Winneshiek County was the largest oat-producing county in Iowa at 161,000 bushels, according to estimates released December 13, 2018, by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Clayton County was a distant second, with 76,900
bushels. Dubuque was the third largest oat-producing county with 49,100 bushels. Northeast Iowa was the largest oat-producing district with 718,000 bushels.
The highest yielding county was Plymouth with a yield of 90.8 bushels per acre. Lyon had the second highest yield at 88.3. In 2018, the Northwest district had the highest yield at 73.3 bushels per acre.
The lowest yielding county was Greene at 34.7 bushels per acre. Howard had the second lowest yield at 40.6. The Central district in Iowa had the largest drop in yield, down 36.1 bushels per acre from 2017, followed by the North Central district, declining
25.3 bushels per acre.
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