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  2. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The final estimate of corn production for the years 1950 to 1959 in the United States is given as some three billion bushels and in recent years, some nine billion bushels are produced each year. [2] Corn growth is dominated by west north central Iowa and east central Illinois. [11] In 2018, the national average production was 176 bushels per acre.

  3. Green Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Wheat yields in least developed countries since 1961, in kilograms per hectare. By one 2021 estimate, the Green Revolution increased yields by 44% between 1965 and 2010. [80] Cereal production more than doubled in developing nations between the years 1961–1985. [81] Yields of rice, corn, and wheat increased steadily during that period. [81]

  4. List of countries by corn production - Wikipedia

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    The following are international Maize (corn) production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT statics The quantities of corn (maize, Zea mays) in the following table are in million metric tonnes (m STs, m LTs). All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 10 million t (11 million short ...

  5. Pro Farmer Crop Tour projects corn record yield for Iowa - AOL

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    The Pro Farmer Crop Tour found ideal growing conditions could supercharge Iowa's corn yield

  6. Ramstad: In a big change to nation’s corn, you might ... - AOL

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    As a teenager in a small Iowa town in the 1980s, I would join dozens of kids around this time of summer on crews at a Cargill research plot where we helped scientists control pollination of corn ...

  7. Agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Heavily mechanized, U.S. agriculture has a high yield relative to other countries. As of 2004: [20] Corn for grain, average of 160.4 bushels harvested per acre (10.07 t/ha) Soybean for beans, average of 42.5 bushels harvested per acre (2.86 t/ha) Wheat, average of 43.2 bushels harvested per acre (2.91 t/ha, was 44.2 bu/ac or 2.97 t/ha in 2003)

  8. Agricultural productivity - Wikipedia

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    Wheat yields in least developed countries since 1961. The steep rise in crop yields in the U.S. began in the 1940s. The percentage of growth was fastest in the early rapid growth stage. In developing countries maize yields are still rapidly rising. [6] Productivity is driven by changes in either agricultural technique or improvements in technology.

  9. Crop yield - Wikipedia

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    In agriculture, the yield is a measurement of the amount of a crop grown, or product such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land. The seed ratio is another way of calculating yields. Innovations, such as the use of fertilizer , the creation of better farming tools, new methods of farming and improved crop varieties , have ...