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Francis Childs (August 30, 1939 - January 9, 2008) was a hog farmer and champion corn farmer from Manchester, Iowa.He is known for being the first farmer to have corn yields of over 400 bushels per acre in controlled contest plots, achieving that level in 2001 and 2002.
The genesis of the Green Revolution was a lengthy visit in 1940 by U.S. Vice President-elect Henry A. Wallace, who had served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during President Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms, and before government service, had founded a company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, that had revolutionized the hybridization of ...
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.
Corn futures prices that approached $6.30 a bushel in June have since tumbled to $4.10, after U.S. farmers ultimately produced record crop yields. "I wish I sold a lot more," Henebry said.
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Average yields were seen at 175.5 bushels per acre this year, which would be the fourth-biggest ever. The percentage of corn rated good-to-excellent this year by the U.S. Agriculture Department in ...
In India, yields increased from 12.3 million tons in 1965 to 20.1 million tons in 1970. By 1974, India was self-sufficient in the production of all cereals. By 2000, India was harvesting a record 76.4 million tons (2.81 billion bushels) of wheat. Since the 1960s, food production in both nations has increased faster than the rate of population ...
It was third to sugarcane and maize (corn) in quantity produced. This is a rice field in Cambodia. The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1]