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Planting-Harvest Guide

Kernels or seeds per pound, bushel, cwt, and number per square foot to equal one unit loss per acre at harvest
Species No. per pound* to equal 1 bushel unit loss/A No. per square foot
Spring Wheat 14,300 20
Durum Wheat 11,500 16
Barley 13,500 15
Oats 15,500 11
Flax 88,000 113
Rye 18,000 42
Soybeans (Small) 3,300 4
Soybeans (large) 2,400 4
Corn (Medium grade) 1,500 2
Sunflower (oil) 9,000 5
Sunflower (confc.) 5,000 2.5
Navy Beans 2,500 4
Pinto Beans 1,250 2
Sorghum 15,000 18
Sudangrass 44,000 40
Proso Millet 80,000 84
Foxtail Millet 220,000 242
Buckwheat 15,000 16

*These are average numbers from past seasons, and individual varieties or hybrids will vary among themselves as well as be influenced by environmental factors.

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