Farm & food prices · Production and land
Oats: yield: Kentucky
The average yield per acre of oats, from USDA's yearly crop production summary.
Up to dateYearly. USDA usually publishes in January. Last published Sep 30, 2026. Next expected January 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Kentucky, 1989
60 bushels an acre
Up 20.0% from 50 bushels in 1988
United States, 2026
75.30 bushels an acre
Up 2.0% from 73.80 bushels in 2025
KentuckyUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 1989, Kentucky's yield was 1.1 times the US average.
- From 1866 to 1989 it rose 215.8%, from 19 bushels to 60 bushels an acre.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | 75.3 |
| 2025 | No figure | 73.8 |
| 2024 | No figure | 76.4 |
| 2023 | No figure | 68.6 |
| 2022 | No figure | 65.5 |
| 2021 | No figure | 61.3 |
| 2020 | No figure | 65.1 |
| 2019 | No figure | 64.3 |
| 2018 | No figure | 64.9 |
| 2017 | No figure | 61.7 |
| 2016 | No figure | 66 |
| 2015 | No figure | 70.2 |
| 2014 | No figure | 67.9 |
| 2013 | No figure | 64.1 |
| 2012 | No figure | 61.2 |
| 2011 | No figure | 57.3 |
| 2010 | No figure | 64.6 |
| 2009 | No figure | 67.9 |
| 2008 | No figure | 63.7 |
| 2007 | No figure | 60.1 |
| 2006 | No figure | 59.8 |
| 2005 | No figure | 63 |
| 2004 | No figure | 64.7 |
| 2003 | No figure | 65 |
| 2002 | No figure | 56.4 |
| 2001 | No figure | 61.5 |
| 2000 | No figure | 64.2 |
| 1999 | No figure | 59.6 |
| 1998 | No figure | 60.2 |
| 1997 | No figure | 59.5 |
| 1996 | No figure | 57.7 |
| 1995 | No figure | 54.6 |
| 1994 | No figure | 57.1 |
| 1993 | No figure | 54.4 |
| 1992 | No figure | 65.4 |
| 1991 | No figure | 50.6 |
| 1990 | No figure | 60.1 |
| 1989 | 60 | 54.3 |
| 1988 | 50 | 39.3 |
| 1987 | 52 | 54.3 |
| 1986 | 42 | 56.3 |
| 1985 | 45 | 63.6 |
| 1984 | 42 | 58 |
| 1983 | 44 | 52.6 |
| 1982 | 44 | 57.8 |
| 1981 | 48 | 54.2 |
| 1980 | 40 | 53 |
| 1979 | 41 | 54.4 |
| 1978 | 42 | 52.3 |
| 1977 | 35 | 55.8 |
| 1976 | 35 | 45.7 |
| 1975 | 41 | 49 |
| 1974 | 37 | 47.6 |
| 1973 | 42 | 47.9 |
| 1972 | 41 | 51.5 |
| 1971 | 49 | 55.9 |
| 1970 | 50 | 49.2 |
| 1969 | 49 | 53.7 |
| 1968 | 42 | 53.7 |
| 1967 | 40 | 49.3 |
| 1966 | 45 | 44.9 |
| 1965 | 37 | 50.2 |
| 1964 | 41 | 43.1 |
| 1963 | 40 | 45.3 |
| 1962 | 34 | 45.2 |
| 1961 | 40 | 42.3 |
| 1960 | 41 | 43.4 |
| 1959 | 33.5 | 37.8 |
| 1958 | 31 | 44.8 |
| 1957 | 26.5 | 37.9 |
| 1956 | 33 | 34.5 |
| 1955 | 29 | 38.3 |
| 1954 | 35.5 | 34.8 |
| 1953 | 32 | 30.7 |
| 1952 | 25 | 32.9 |
| 1951 | 24 | 36.3 |
| 1950 | 23 | 34.8 |
| 1949 | 23 | 32.3 |
| 1948 | 26 | 36.9 |
| 1947 | 23 | 31.1 |
| 1946 | 25 | 34.5 |
| 1945 | 24 | 36.5 |
| 1944 | 20 | 28.9 |
| 1943 | 21 | 29.3 |
| 1942 | 22.5 | 35.2 |
| 1941 | 21 | 31 |
| 1940 | 21 | 35.2 |
| 1939 | 17.5 | 28.6 |
| 1938 | 19.5 | 30.2 |
| 1937 | 21 | 33.1 |
| 1936 | 13.5 | 23.6 |
| 1935 | 16 | 30.2 |
| 1934 | 14.2 | 18.5 |
| 1933 | 15.5 | 20.2 |
| 1932 | 13.5 | 30.1 |
| 1931 | 20 | 28 |
| 1930 | 13 | 32 |
| 1929 | 15.5 | 29.2 |
| 1928 | 20 | 32.7 |
| 1927 | 15 | 27.1 |
| 1926 | 19 | 26.9 |
| 1925 | 16.5 | 31.8 |
| 1924 | 18 | 33.8 |
| 1923 | 17.5 | 30.5 |
| 1922 | 15.5 | 28.5 |
| 1921 | 16 | 23 |
| 1920 | 19 | 33.8 |
| 1919 | 17.5 | 27.9 |
| 1918 | 19 | 33.6 |
| 1917 | 20 | 34.7 |
| 1916 | 16 | 29.1 |
| 1915 | 20.5 | 37 |
| 1914 | 15 | 28.7 |
| 1913 | 13.5 | 27.9 |
| 1912 | 20.5 | 36.3 |
| 1911 | 14 | 23.8 |
| 1910 | 20 | 30 |
| 1909 | 17.5 | 28.9 |
| 1908 | 11.5 | 24.2 |
| 1907 | 13.5 | 23.3 |
| 1906 | 16 | 30.4 |
| 1905 | 19 | 33 |
| 1904 | 19.5 | 30.9 |
| 1903 | 15.5 | 27.5 |
| 1902 | 18 | 34.3 |
| 1901 | 17.5 | 25.9 |
| 1900 | 19.5 | 30.5 |
| 1899 | 16 | 32 |
| 1898 | 18 | 28.7 |
| 1897 | 16 | 28.8 |
| 1896 | 18 | 25.6 |
| 1895 | 20 | 29.9 |
| 1894 | 15.5 | 25.4 |
| 1893 | 18 | 24.2 |
| 1892 | 16 | 25.6 |
| 1891 | 15.5 | 30.1 |
| 1890 | 9 | 21.5 |
| 1889 | 17.5 | 29 |
| 1888 | 16 | 27.8 |
| 1887 | 17 | 26.5 |
| 1886 | 19 | 27.9 |
| 1885 | 19 | 28.9 |
| 1884 | 17.5 | 29.1 |
| 1883 | 17 | 29.4 |
| 1882 | 18.5 | 28.3 |
| 1881 | 17.5 | 26.4 |
| 1880 | 16 | 25.5 |
| 1879 | 15 | 26 |
| 1878 | 20 | 28 |
| 1877 | 20 | 29.4 |
| 1876 | 17 | 22.4 |
| 1875 | 16 | 26.8 |
| 1874 | 12.5 | 21.3 |
| 1873 | 18.5 | 25.6 |
| 1872 | 19 | 27.7 |
| 1871 | 18.5 | 27.7 |
| 1870 | 18 | 25.9 |
| 1869 | 18.5 | 29.7 |
| 1868 | 20.5 | 25.8 |
| 1867 | 17.5 | 27.2 |
| 1866 | 19 | 29.3 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Crop Production Survey. State and US estimates released Sep 30, 2026. Quick Stats item "OATS - YIELD, MEASURED IN BU / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 23, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-23.1. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is the bushels of oats harvested from an acre, averaged over the acres harvested.