If a farmer has a plant population of 32,000 plants per acre and each plant produces one ear with an average of 606 kernels, what is the estimated grain yield in bushels per acre?

To estimate the grain yield in bushels per acre, you can follow these steps:

First, calculate the total number of kernels produced per acre. If the farmer has a population of 32,000 plants per acre and each plant produces one ear with 606 kernels, the total number of kernels can be calculated by multiplying the number of plants by the average number of kernels per ear:

Total kernels per acre = 32,000 plants/acre × 606 kernels/ear = 19,392,000 kernels/acre.

Next, since there are 56 pounds in a bushel of corn and the average weight of corn kernels is approximately 0.0567 pounds per kernel, you can find the weight of the total kernels:

Total weight of kernels per acre = 19,392,000 kernels/acre × 0.0567 pounds/kernel ≈ 1,098,864 pounds/acre.

To find the estimated yield in bushels per acre, you divide the total weight of kernels by the weight of one bushel of corn:

Estimated yield in bushels/acre = 1,098,864 pounds/acre ÷ 56 pounds/bushel ≈ 19,635 bushels