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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.
If you are planting sweet corn, either plant it 250 feet away from the Indian corn or plant a variety that won’t bloom at the same time. You don’t want pollen from your Indian corn to ...
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 ...
The imperial bushel established by the Weights and Measures Act 1824 described the bushel as the volume of 80 avoirdupois pounds of distilled water in air at 62 °F (17 °C) [citation needed] or 8 imperial gallons. [1] This is the bushel in some use in the United Kingdom. Thus, there is no distinction between liquid and dry measure in the ...
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.
Silver Queen corn from Penny’s Produce in Willow Spring, NC, for sale at the NC State Farmers Market on July 19, 2022. Visit the NC State Farmers Market The State Farmers Market is located at ...
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters. It is currently headed by Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller , a Republican, who was reelected to a 3rd term in 2022.
Since last Monday, five fires have ravaged the Panhandle, scorching more than 1.1 million acres and taking the lives of thousands of head of cattle.