average farm Input costs for corn
Soybean costs per acre were $745, $758, $685 and $664, respectively (see Table 1). Costs were lower in southern Illinois primarily because of lower land costs. The total of all economic costs per bushel in the different sections of the state ranged from $4.34 to $5.10 for corn and from $11.23 to $12.21 for soybeans.verage soybean yields in the different areas ranged from 4 to 8 bushels per acre higher than the five-year average from 2010 to 2014. State Averages Total costs to produce corn for all combined areas of the state were $989 per acre. This figure increased two percent compared to the year before.