Corn Production Facts
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To produce 100 bushels of corn in the U.S. it required:
75 to 90 labor hours and 2.5 acres in 1850
15 to 20 labor hours and 2.5 acres in 1930
2.75 labor hours and 1 1/8 acre in 1987
2 labor hours and 1 acre today
99.9 million corn acres in 1935
81.7 million corn acres in 2005
24.2 bushel per acre, average corn yield in 1935
147.9 bushel per acre, average corn yield in 2005
2 million bushels, corn production in 1935
11 million bushels, corn production in 2005From:
AgWeb.com
