East Central Ia | illfarmr - 9/5/2020 16:43
Once the milk line was three fourths or more down, I would do an ear count, then pull every eighth ear. Did this in two or three spots. Hand shell the corn and WEIGH the shelled corn. Population times the average ear weight (in pounds) Divided by 56, and then do your moisture shrink. Way more accurate that kernel counts.
I guess I don’t see the need for a kernel count. Sorry.
That is what I did, I just broke it down further to ave kernel weight instead of ave shelled ear weight.
I had two goals in this today. To see what the moisture was as we are needing some corn for feed in the next 7-10 days, and to get a better guess on how our crop actually finished. |
Calculating kernels per bu from a hand sample?
