I am considering planting about 4 acres of corn this year to sell as deer corn. I have access to a one row picker to harvest it and want to sell it on the cob. There seems to be a considerable market for it around here as most guys sell out early. It can get really hard to find without driving a considerable distance. I actually bought a pickup truck load last year in 50lb bags and ended up not using most of it. Resold it for a profit a couple weeks later. In our area, shelled corn generally averages 125-150 bushels per acre. My question is, considering those yields, what could I roughly expect per acre on the cob in 50 pound bags? Thanks!
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RedGreenGuy
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Bushnell ear corn rough weight 45 lbs. Depends on moisture but that's a good guestimate.
Bushel of ear corn weighs 70 lbs. shelled corn weighs 56 lbs. the yield weight would trade off the same, so if your yield was 150 bushels per acre it would be that many bushels of ear corn then 150 bushels would be 10,500 lbs./ by 50 lbs.= 210 bags,,yes I can see it being worth while on a small plot.
tomstractorsandtoys
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A bushel of shelled corn weighs 56 pounds and it takes 70 pounds of ear corn to make one bushel of shelled corn. I think you are on to good small sideline idea that will be fun and make some extra money as well. Good luck. Tom
gene bender
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With a yeild of 150bu they are fertilizing and weed spray ect. Your yeid can vary plant population,fert and weed control how mush of that will you do. Picking hi yeilds isnt easy with an one row picker they just werent built for that.
As others say a bu of corn is about 56#. With the cob it is about 70#. Same amount of corn, in a bu of shelled or ear corn.
If you pick your 4 acres, be aware of the moisture and how to store it until it dries down. Corn will mold if it is over 13.5 to 15% moisture. But it's best to pick ear corn at 19-21% moisture so it doesn't shell off the cob so easily. But thrn you Ned to store it in a crib type structure, so that air can flow through the cobs naturally to move the moisture out over several months. I know you didn't ask so don't mean to stray off topic on you.....
Paul
If you pick your 4 acres, be aware of the moisture and how to store it until it dries down. Corn will mold if it is over 13.5 to 15% moisture. But it's best to pick ear corn at 19-21% moisture so it doesn't shell off the cob so easily. But thrn you Ned to store it in a crib type structure, so that air can flow through the cobs naturally to move the moisture out over several months. I know you didn't ask so don't mean to stray off topic on you.....
Paul
fixerupper
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What size ears do you want? The higher the population for your growing conditions, the smaller the ears. If this field is capable of only 125-150 bushels per acre I would think about planting a 25000 population if you want good sized ears. 32000 and up is for ground capable of 200+ yields. Maybe you do want small ears, I know nothing about selling deer corn. A smaller population gives the weeds a better chance so that's something else to consider. More grass and broad leaves means smaller ears.
Donald Lehman
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If you are looking for tons per acre, we used to figure anything over 3 tons was good, 4 tons very good and 5 tons was exceptional. yield expectations have risen a bit since we used to pick corn though.
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