Kub's Den

Meals Per Acre Per July Day

Elaine Kub
By  Elaine Kub , Contributing Analyst
The miraculous propagation of life that occurs in quadrillions of corn kernels each summer can be looked at as individual fertilized silks, or as the massive overall quantity of human endeavor those kernels will one day support. (DTN photo by Elaine Kub)
The miraculous propagation of life that occurs in quadrillions of corn kernels each summer can be looked at as individual fertilized silks, or as the massive overall quantity of human endeavor those kernels will one day support. (DTN photo by Elaine Kub)
Stand in a growing corn field this time of year, and as the wind whips the leaves and the pollen sheds onto the silk, realize that a 160-acre field can eventually produce enough calories to provide 3.5 million meals to humans (assuming 667 calories per meal). That's...

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Elaine Kub

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