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Boone Co. Iowa | https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/yieldtrends.html
1968, about 80 bpa national average
1981, about 105 bpa national average
today, lets use 165 bpa national average
1968, 375 bushels could be grown on (375/80) 4.68 acres
1981, 1300 bushels could be grown on 12.38 acres
today, 2600 bushels could be grown on 15.75 acres
If you do some rounding, in 1968 it took 5 acres to buy one acre, in 1981 it took 12 acres to buy an acre, today it takes 16 acres to buy an acre. | |
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