ear corn vs shelled corn

[Anonymous-0]

can anyone tell me how much weight would be in the cobs. Say if ear corn was selling for a 175 per ton how much would it weigh after shelling.

 

[Massey farmer]

Shell corn weighs 56 lbs per bushel and ear corn weighs 70 lbs per bushel so you can do the math from there.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I think they use to say ear corn is 70 pounds to the bushel. So you would have 14 lbs of cobs per bushel 2000 lbs. of ear corn would be 1600 lbs of shelled corn.or 28.57 bushels

 

[Super-H-Mike]

I have a very old farm guide here that says " 68 lbs of sound ear corn well dried in a crib once shelled will make a 56 lb bushel"

 

[Indiana Ken]

(quoted from post at 12:55:43 11/07/13) I think they use to say ear corn is 70 pounds to the bushel. So you would have 14 lbs of cobs per bushel 2000 lbs. of ear corn would be 1600 lbs of shelled corn.or 28.57 bushels

I believe Super-H-Mike, has stated it correctly. The actual number may be 68 or 70 however the units are stated correctly.

For example: If bushel of ear corn weighs 70 lbs and I remove 14 lbs of cobs I will have less than a bushel as measured in volume. So we must start out with ear corn in lbs and convert to shelled corn in bushels.

Using your numbers; 70 lbs of ear corn = 56 lbs per bushel of shelled corn, it is correct that 2000 lbs (ear corn) = 1600 lbs (shell corn) = 28.57 bushels (shelled).

Sorry to be picking nits however, I was confused maybe others were also.

Respectfully,

Ken

 

[casecollectorsc]

$6.125 per bushel.

 

[casenut1]

In a perfect world there would be 400 pounds of cob per ton of ear corn. So the shelled corn would weigh 1600 pounds. This answers your question about the weight of the corn. The price per ton is in material to the question asked.

 

[Anonymous-0]

We are using the common weights per bushel that are standard in the industry. Does anyone remember or has first hand knowledge of shelling a crib of ear corn with a corn sheller. Back in the 70's their was a brand of corn that put on a great big ear it looked real nice in the field, on the wagon and in the crib but when you shelled it you got less shelled corn, it had a big cob. Now days the corn is smaller eared, I don't know if that would change the ratio of cob to corn or not.

 

[Dave H (MI)]

I used to grow a variety of corn called Longfellow flint. Ears were about 18"+ long, one or two per plant, plants were 14'-16' tall on average. Quite a sensation when people saw a stand of it. Yield was not high, for sure. I have a picture of me standing in it on the 4th of July with my daughter on my shoulders. You can just barely see my head and I am over six foot. The racing pigeon people liked it for feed. It was a very hard kernel. I can find reference to it on the web but not with the growth that we experienced.

 

[dino in iowa]

there is a standard measure or weight

 

[Super-H-Mike]

Yes, at 175 a ton for the cob corn, he is paying about $ 6.13 for it after it is shelled in 56 lbs bushels. So, above market price, and he still has to shell it himself. Should sell more like $100-125 a ton for cob corn, ya think ?

 

[randy hall]

ear corn bushel is seventy pounds or eighty percent gross weight to convert to shelled corn.