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Hazelton, Kansas | All,
I just shelled and weighed an ear to get a yield estimate. The ear was dropped, and I pulled it off, shucked it and air dried it for two days in a ~130 F circulating dryer (actually, I laid it in the sun on a concrete shed apron).
Ok...the ear was 18x ~36, and well pollinated, so I'm estimating 650 kernels per ear. Kernel weight was 0.24 lbs for the ear.
That figures to roughly 150,000 kernels/bushel.
This corn got pollinated before things got rough, but hit the wall about 10 days ago, and shut down during kernel fill.
So, the usual 90k number may be a good "average" number, but be advised that your mileage may vary...a lot.
Regards.
MDS
Edited by crowbar 7/8/2012 22:39
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