Estimated Corn Yield Calculator

Making plans for storage and marketing of the corn crop often calls for estimating yields before the crop is harvested. Estimating corn yields is done by counting the number of ears per acre and the number of kernels per ear, then multiplying these two numbers to get an estimate of the number of kernels per acre.  Next, we divide by an average number of kernels in a normal bushel(90k) to get the estimated yield in bushels per acre.

Calculations based on the Illinois Agronomy Handbook - University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at Champaign-Urbana