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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.
Protect the ears from corn earworms by putting several (4 or 5) drops of mineral oil at the tips of each ear as the silks begin to turn brown and dry. That’s an old but effective way of keeping ...
maize (corn) 147 172 129 18 3 11 cashew nut: 148 176 132 19 10 11 oats: 183 217 163 23 3 10 lupin (lupine) 195 232 175 25 4 7 kenaf: 230 273 205 29 6 10 calendula: 256 305 229 33 9 11 cotton: 273 325 244 35 8 11 hemp: 305 363 272 39 8 11 soybean: 375 446 335 48 2 11 coffee: 386 459 345 49 10 11 flax (linseed) 402 478 359 51 3 10 hazelnuts: 405 ...
The Winchester bushel is the volume of a cylinder 18.5 in (470 mm) in diameter and 8 in (200 mm) high, which gives an irrational number, of approximately 2150.4202 cubic inches. [4] The modern American or US bushel is rounded to exactly 2150.42 cubic inches, a difference of less than one part per ten million.
Be sure you have a pot large enough to accommodate the number of ears of corn you are preparing. Related: 12 Savory Cornbread Recipes You'll Love. How to Cook Corn on the Cob.
One ear of corn offers about 20 grams of carbohydrates, 2.5 grams of fiber and 2.6 grams of protein, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food database. A bag of microwave popcorn, on ...
The dry gallon's implicit value in the US system was originally one-eighth of the Winchester bushel, which was a cylindrical measure of 18.5 inches (469.9 mm) in diameter and 8 inches (203.2 mm) in depth, making it an irrational number of cubic inches; its value to seven significant digits was 268.8025 cubic inches (4.404884 litres), from an ...
In measures of length, the quarter (qr.) was ¼ of a yard, formerly an important measure in the cloth trade. [3] [4] [5] 3 qr. was a Flemish ell, 4 quarters were a yard, 5 qr. was an (English) ell, and 6 qr. was an aune or French ell.