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East Central Ia | Trying to get an estimate on a field of corn.
103 day planted 4/21.
Got torn up by the storm but mostly root lodging and willowing.
I grabbed twi ears off of plants that are standing decent and still green trying to get a guess on the highest moisture areas for harvest timing.
Ear one 33x16
8.8oz of shelled corn
Ear two 42x16
8.7oz of shelled corn
1200 total kernels
17.5oz total
So I get 68.57 kernels per oz
1097 kernels per pound
61440 kernels per bu
These are all wet numbers
Ave moisture of 26.8%
1.176 moisture shrink per pt to 15%
26.8-15 = 11.8 x 1.176 = 13.88% shrink
100-13.88 = 86.12%
61450/.8612 = 71,358 kernels per bu dry?
This seems awfully low considering our growing season finish. This would be close to normal for us with a good growing season.
What did I screw up?
Edited by bleedred 9/5/2020 20:41
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