Corn Yield

R W · Dec 20, 2009

Can anyone tell me what corn yields per acrea in an average to good season.
Thank You.

Oleozz · Dec 20, 2009

Definitely depends on where you are located. Here in Pa in a very good year you could have 130-180 bu/acre on ground that normally only produces 80-90 bu/acre. Just to many factors involved---weather, soil conditions, weeds, insects, lime, fertilizer, and the list goes on.

Duffster · Dec 20, 2009

I am assuming your asking about feild corn?

We average about 200 bu.acre. With single years farm averages well over 250.

RickB · Dec 20, 2009

R W said:
Can anyone tell me what corn yields per acrea in an average to good season.
Thank You.

90-225 bu per acre. Based on the total lack of info you provided to base a more specific answer on.

radman1 · Dec 20, 2009

RickB said:
90-225 bu per acre. Based on the total lack of info you provided to base a more specific answer on.

You have it about right. Depends on land/soil type and rainfall. Till vs no till, row spacing, amount of fertilizer, type of seed, harvesting conditions etc. Dryland corn on a bad year can yeild almost nothing. With good rain, temps, pivot irrigation etc., it can yeild almost 250 bu/acre. Farming is one of the few jobs where the farmer can do everything perfect and have almost no net income.

D7E · Dec 21, 2009

Not too good this year a month late planting and a cool summer has led to about 100 bus per acre...
cutting today....

Niji · Dec 21, 2009

I heard a couple of guys talking two years ago--they had a mega farm out west, I think it was South Dakota, anyway, they spoke in terms of 250 bu/acre corn being a kind of high water mark they strived for with their farm plan each season. But the interesting thing to me was that they said to get that kind of yield, the investment was running over $400 per acre for the year. Their father was ribbing them telling them that he had paid less per acre for the land than what they were paying each year to try and get 250 bu/acre corn.

Baranx4 · Dec 22, 2009

As many have posted yields vary heavily by season, for example my neighbor rents out his fields for field corn and hay production. This past year they planted field corn but weren't able to get back into the fields for spraying, too wet, and didn't harvest any corn, just brushhoged the corn this fall. So he's out the cost of seed, fert, and initial preemergent herbicide. They had no problem with the hay, only got one cutting in.

For what its worth, you might want to consider watching ag phd on the rural farm network, lots of interesting ideas and concepts to help farmers, especially with herbicides and manufacturer rebates.

DonWorrell · Dec 22, 2009

Well in the mountains of Tennesse and North Carolina they don't determine the yeild by bushels they determine it by gallons. Ha Ha

Don

D7E · Dec 22, 2009

R W said:
Can anyone tell me what corn yields per acrea in an average to good season.
Thank You.

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KB9UDE · Dec 23, 2009

Here in central Illinois we had average yields anywhere from 200-325 bushels per acre depending on soil and hybrid of corn planted. We had a late planting season and harvest.

Baranx4 · Dec 24, 2009

DonWorrell said:
Well in the mountains of Tennesse and North Carolina they don't determine the yeild by bushels they determine it by gallons. Ha Ha

Don

That's pretty funny, it reminds me of a shirt I received as a gag gift. We were going whitewater rafting and a friend sent me a shirt that had two guys in a canoe paddling with one of them saying, "Paddle quicker I hear banjos!"

rambler · Dec 26, 2009

KB9UDE said:
Here in central Illinois we had average yields anywhere from 200-325 bushels per acre depending on soil and hybrid of corn planted. We had a late planting season and harvest.

325 is an average yield _anywhere_ in the USA? Did you mean 100-225bu?????

We can hit 250 in certain spots in the field, can even hit 300 in a spot or 2, but.... Calling that average yeild????

That leads to the town folk thinking farming is easy, and everyone should do it!

I try for a 200 bu yield, but am tickled pink if I average 175.

--->Paul

RickB · Dec 26, 2009

rambler said:
325 is an average yield _anywhere_ in the USA? Did you mean 100-225bu?????

We can hit 250 in certain spots in the field, can even hit 300 in a spot or 2, but.... Calling that average yeild????

That leads to the town folk thinking farming is easy, and everyone should do it!

I try for a 200 bu yield, but am tickled pink if I average 175.

--->Paul

I thought about calling him out on that, but figured it wasn't worth it.

mjonesnh · Dec 26, 2009

The farm my brother and I own averaged 187 bu./acre. The farm is located in southern Ky. Corn was planted about 3 weeks later than normal due to rain , had above average rainfall during growing season, and was shelled about 30 days later than normal due to excessive rain at harvest time. Was quite happy with yield.

D7E · Dec 27, 2009

rambler said:
325 is an average yield _anywhere_ in the USA? Did you mean 100-225bu?????

We can hit 250 in certain spots in the field, can even hit 300 in a spot or 2, but.... Calling that average yeild????

That leads to the town folk thinking farming is easy, and everyone should do it!

I try for a 200 bu yield, but am tickled pink if I average 175.

--->Paul

Sounds right to me..!

Duffster · Dec 27, 2009

rambler said:
325 is an average yield _anywhere_ in the USA? Did you mean 100-225bu?????

We can hit 250 in certain spots in the field, can even hit 300 in a spot or 2, but.... Calling that average yeild????

That leads to the town folk thinking farming is easy, and everyone should do it!

I try for a 200 bu yield, but am tickled pink if I average 175.

--->Paul

I think 325 is possible for an across the the farm one year average.

AKfish · Dec 27, 2009

Duffster - very nice pics with the no-till drill. Countryside looked alot like some of the places I used to chase up and down and around in So. Dak.

And D7E - I can just about see the goose pits - about 200 rows to the left of the combine!!

Thanks for sharin'.

AKfish

KB9UDE · Dec 31, 2009

Yes we had 325 average on one field.

Duffster · Dec 31, 2009

AKfish said:
Duffster - very nice pics with the no-till drill. Countryside looked alot like some of the places I used to chase up and down and around in So. Dak.

And D7E - I can just about see the goose pits - about 200 rows to the left of the combine!!

Thanks for sharin'.

AKfish

Thanks, glad you liked them.