When farmers plant corn they are trying to maximize yield by planting the right amount of plants per acre. If there are too many plants they will compete with each other, if there are too few then they will not be able to protect themselves from the elements.A typical plant population goal is 32,000 plants/acre. To check and make sure the corn planter is dropping the correct amount of seed to meet these goals the farmer will perform the following mathematical algorithm:
plants/acre= (plants/ft.) x (43,560 sq ft/acre) / (row spacing [in]/12 in/ft.)
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