Posted by Paul on December 01, 2014 at 12:37:38 from (76.77.197.114):
In Reply to: Figuring Corn Yield posted by fergienewbee on December 01, 2014 at 11:02:04:
What was the moisture of the corn, you might need to adjust if you were over 15%.
Then, how heavy did you plant? 50,000 plants per acre is extremely heavy, hard to believe..... In good ground 32,000 to 36,000 is a heavy planting, hard to believe you can get 50,000 standing productive plants in a food plant acre. I'm going to question this one deal all week long, I just don't believe that is doable.....
Then, we humans have this (proven, by the universities...) tendency to pick the best ear we see when we 'randomly' choose ears to harvest. The correct way is to pick an ear, then count over 9 ears and take -that- ear, no matter what it looks like. This gets a much more representative (and lower yielding!) proper sample.
But either way, you have discovered the proper way to get your corn yield and tell the neighbors at the coffee shop. Your way is exactly how it is done. ;)
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