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Wheat: yield: Iowa
The average yield per acre of wheat, 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
Iowa, 2018
58 bushels an acre
Down 14.7% from 68 bushels in 2017
United States, 2026
48.10 bushels an acre
Down 9.8% from 53.30 bushels in 2025
IowaUnited States
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What the numbers say
- In 2018, Iowa's yield was 1.2 times the US average.
- From 1866 to 2018 it rose 346.2%, from 13 bushels to 58 bushels an acre.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | 48.1 |
| 2025 | No figure | 53.3 |
| 2024 | No figure | 51.2 |
| 2023 | No figure | 48.7 |
| 2022 | No figure | 46.5 |
| 2021 | No figure | 44.3 |
| 2020 | No figure | 49.7 |
| 2019 | No figure | 51.7 |
| 2018 | 58 | 47.6 |
| 2017 | 68 | 46.4 |
| 2016 | 63 | 52.7 |
| 2015 | 52 | 43.6 |
| 2014 | 49 | 43.7 |
| 2013 | 52 | 47.1 |
| 2012 | 50 | 46.2 |
| 2011 | 45 | 43.6 |
| 2010 | 46 | 46.1 |
| 2009 | 45 | 44.3 |
| 2008 | 48 | 44.8 |
| 2007 | 48 | 40.2 |
| 2006 | 66 | 38.6 |
| 2005 | 50 | 42 |
| 2004 | 55 | 43.2 |
| 2003 | 61 | 44.2 |
| 2002 | 53 | 35 |
| 2001 | 54 | 40.2 |
| 2000 | 47 | 42 |
| 1999 | 43 | 42.7 |
| 1998 | 44 | 43.2 |
| 1997 | 42 | 39.5 |
| 1996 | 35 | 36.3 |
| 1995 | 35 | 35.8 |
| 1994 | 47 | 37.6 |
| 1993 | 25 | 38.2 |
| 1992 | 39 | 39.3 |
| 1991 | 34 | 34.3 |
| 1990 | 45 | 39.5 |
| 1989 | 47 | 32.7 |
| 1988 | 35 | 34.1 |
| 1987 | 38 | 37.7 |
| 1986 | 28 | 34.4 |
| 1985 | 48 | 37.5 |
| 1984 | 36 | 38.8 |
| 1983 | 38 | 39.4 |
| 1982 | 30 | 35.5 |
| 1981 | 39 | 34.5 |
| 1980 | 38 | 33.5 |
| 1979 | 37 | 34.2 |
| 1978 | 31 | 31.4 |
| 1977 | 37 | 30.7 |
| 1976 | 35 | 30.3 |
| 1975 | 34 | 30.6 |
| 1974 | 30 | 27.3 |
| 1973 | 32 | 31.6 |
| 1972 | 37.5 | 32.7 |
| 1971 | 38.5 | 33.9 |
| 1970 | 35 | 31 |
| 1969 | 33.5 | 30.6 |
| 1968 | 36 | 28.4 |
| 1967 | 27.5 | 25.8 |
| 1966 | 33 | 26.3 |
| 1965 | 21 | 26.5 |
| 1964 | 27.8 | 25.8 |
| 1963 | 27.9 | 25.2 |
| 1962 | 24.8 | 25 |
| 1961 | 26 | 23.9 |
| 1960 | 24.7 | 26.1 |
| 1959 | 20.1 | 21.6 |
| 1958 | 31.7 | 27.5 |
| 1957 | 27.6 | 21.8 |
| 1956 | 19.8 | 20.2 |
| 1955 | 33.2 | 19.8 |
| 1954 | 19.4 | 18.1 |
| 1953 | 20.4 | 17.3 |
| 1952 | 21.5 | 18.4 |
| 1951 | 10.3 | 16 |
| 1950 | 21.8 | 16.5 |
| 1949 | 18.8 | 14.5 |
| 1948 | 23.3 | 17.9 |
| 1947 | 17.9 | 18.2 |
| 1946 | 23.4 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 19 | 17 |
| 1944 | 15.9 | 17.7 |
| 1943 | 19.3 | 16.4 |
| 1942 | 23.6 | 19.5 |
| 1941 | 12.9 | 16.8 |
| 1940 | 24.8 | 15.3 |
| 1939 | 17.7 | 14.1 |
| 1938 | 15.9 | 13.3 |
| 1937 | 17.9 | 13.6 |
| 1936 | 20.7 | 12.8 |
| 1935 | 15.8 | 12.2 |
| 1934 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| 1933 | 17.1 | 11.2 |
| 1932 | 15.9 | 13.1 |
| 1931 | 20.5 | 16.3 |
| 1930 | 20.5 | 14.2 |
| 1929 | 18.8 | 13 |
| 1928 | 18.8 | 15.4 |
| 1927 | 18.1 | 14.7 |
| 1926 | 21.2 | 14.7 |
| 1925 | 16.3 | 12.8 |
| 1924 | 21.9 | 16 |
| 1923 | 18.6 | 13.3 |
| 1922 | 22.5 | 13.8 |
| 1921 | 17.9 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 17.4 | 13.5 |
| 1919 | 14.3 | 12.9 |
| 1918 | 19 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 17.7 | 13.2 |
| 1916 | 15.1 | 11.9 |
| 1915 | 19.9 | 16.7 |
| 1914 | 18.9 | 16.1 |
| 1913 | 20.4 | 14.4 |
| 1912 | 21 | 15.1 |
| 1911 | 16.1 | 12.4 |
| 1910 | 19.3 | 13.7 |
| 1909 | 15.3 | 15.5 |
| 1908 | 16.9 | 14.3 |
| 1907 | 15 | 14.2 |
| 1906 | 17.6 | 16 |
| 1905 | 16.3 | 15.2 |
| 1904 | 12 | 12.9 |
| 1903 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
| 1902 | 14 | 14.9 |
| 1901 | 15.1 | 15 |
| 1900 | 14.4 | 12.2 |
| 1899 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
| 1898 | 16.5 | 15.2 |
| 1897 | 13.5 | 14 |
| 1896 | 14.5 | 12.8 |
| 1895 | 19 | 13.9 |
| 1894 | 14.5 | 13.5 |
| 1893 | 13.5 | 12.4 |
| 1892 | 14 | 14.2 |
| 1891 | 16 | 16.5 |
| 1890 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| 1889 | 14.1 | 14 |
| 1888 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 1887 | 12 | 13.3 |
| 1886 | 14 | 14.1 |
| 1885 | 12 | 11.4 |
| 1884 | 13 | 14.8 |
| 1883 | 13.5 | 12.3 |
| 1882 | 10.5 | 15.1 |
| 1881 | 6 | 11 |
| 1880 | 10.5 | 13.2 |
| 1879 | 10.2 | 13 |
| 1878 | 9.5 | 13.5 |
| 1877 | 14.5 | 14.1 |
| 1876 | 6.5 | 10.9 |
| 1875 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 1874 | 11.5 | 13 |
| 1873 | 13 | 12.9 |
| 1872 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 1871 | 11 | 12.2 |
| 1870 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 1869 | 13 | 13.7 |
| 1868 | 13.5 | 12.9 |
| 1867 | 12 | 12.6 |
| 1866 | 13 | 11 |
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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 "WHEAT - YIELD, MEASURED IN BU / ACRE". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is the bushels of wheat harvested from an acre, averaged over the acres harvested.