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  2. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.

  3. Crop yield - Wikipedia

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    The units by which the yield of a crop is usually measured today are kilograms per hectare or bushels per acre. Long-term cereal yields in the United Kingdom were some 500 kg/ha in Medieval times, jumping to 2000 kg/ha in the Industrial Revolution, and jumping again to 8000 kg/ha in the Green Revolution. [1]

  4. Table of biodiesel crop yields - Wikipedia

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    Crop kg oil/ha/yr litres oil/ha lbs oil/acre US gal/acre Coldest hardiness zone. Warmest hardiness zone maize (corn) : 147 172 129 18 3 11 cashew nut: 148 176 132

  5. Surging corn prices trigger spate of sales from US farmers - AOL

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    At a Green Plains ethanol plant in northern Iowa, trucks hauling farmers' corn idled along the frozen roads, waiting to unload. ... $5 per bushel cash for corn for delivery immediately or after ...

  6. Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    For example, average yields of corn (maize) in the US have increased from around 2.5 tons per hectare (t/ha) (40 bushels per acre) in 1900 to about 9.4 t/ha (150 bushels per acre) in 2001. Similarly, worldwide average wheat yields have increased from less than 1 t/ha in 1900 to more than 2.5 t/ha in 1990.

  7. Garden: Growing sweet corn in the home garden - AOL

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    Prior to seeding, apply four pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer per 100 square feet. The fertilizer should be broadcast evenly and worked into the top 2 or 3 inches of soil. ... Corn plants require up ...

  8. Food vs. fuel - Wikipedia

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    If demand for corn is high and projected revenue-per-acre is strong relative to other crops, farmers will plant more corn. In 2007 US farmers planted 92,900,000 acres (376,000 km 2) with corn, 19% more acres than they did in 2006. The U.S. has doubled corn yields over the last 40 years and expects to double them again in the next 20 years.

  9. Agricultural policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Developmental policy included such legislation as the Land Act of 1820, the Homestead Act, which granted 160-acre (0.65 km 2) townships, and the Morrill Act of 1862, which initiated the land-grant college system, one in a long series of acts that provided public support for agricultural research and education.

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