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mac4440
Posted 10/19/2018 06:42 (#7054363 - in reply to #7054216)
Subject: RE: Test Weight and Yield: A Connection?



Yes, I should have said not kernel size, but many factors determine test weight.
From the article....
"Once the number of seeds has been determined for either crop, yield is more or less completely a function of how large those seeds get. But final seed size often has little to do with test weight, and test weight really doesn't work as a way to explain the effects of stress on yield. "

I know total pounds is what counts, but in my experience, higher t.w. corn is usually one of the better yielding. Not always the best, but usually right up there. And its nice to get more bushels in a bin.....
However I don't buy based only on that
Took out a plot a few years ago, before yield monitors. One number filled hopper to the point of almost overflowing. Next number filled it maybe 85% full. They came out within 1-bpa of each other. would not have know it with out the weigh wagon.

Edited by mac4440 10/19/2018 08:05
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