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> 7k pounds It’s over 2 years, but nonetheless impressive yield on an acre of land. I wonder how it compares to the standard 1 acre lot for corn or soybeans.
by darth_avocado 3y ago
> 7k pounds
It’s over 2 years, but nonetheless impressive yield on an acre of land. I wonder how it compares to the standard 1 acre lot for corn or soybeans.
- wiredfool 3y agoIowa averages about 200 bushels/acre for corn, and a bushel is 56 or 70 lbs. (depending on if it's kernel or cob). So, somewhat less than an intensive field crop, but the same order of magnitude.
- oh_sigh 3y agoStandard for corn with intensive agriculture is about 10000 lbs/acre/year.
- ska 3y agoThat's perhaps a bit misleading though, because isn't it true that a big part of the reason corn has grown in use (particularly field corn) is beacause you can push it to more density than most crops?
- ramesh31 3y ago>It’s over 2 years, but nonetheless impressive yield on an acre of land. Iowa has the most fertile soil on earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-iowa-town-famous-for-its-dirt https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-iowa-town-famous-f...
- pixl97 3y agoCan confirm. From eastern Iowa myself and there are places on our farms that had 15 to 20 feet deep black soils in places on the farm. Some sections would grow corn stalks as tall as the combine.
- Scoundreller 3y agoIn dollars of value per acre, it's massive.
- uticus 3y agoCorn and soybeans are the wrong comparison. Ignoring the huge industry focus on optimizations for corn/beans, a more true comparison would still be against a large-scale vegetable grower. The standard 1-acre lot of corn or soybeans product goes into most anything other than a person’s mouth. It’s like comparing an acre of backyard garden to an acre of hay.