Grinding ear corn estimated tonnage

[A&S Cattle]

About how many tons of cattle feed would I have if I ground up 200 bushel of ear corn for example sake ?

 

[1982vett]

If a bushel of ear corn weighs 56 lbs....you would have about 5.6 tons of ground ear corn.

 

[TexasBred]

bushels are usually for shelled corn. Would help to know gross weight.

 

[1982vett]

bushels are usually for shelled corn. Would help to know gross weight.

That's why I said "if" and "about". . Also used google to find this.

 

[1982vett]

Course this says 70 so their you go...

 

[Dsth]

ear corn weights about 70 lbs. per bushel. so about 14000 lbs. or 7 tons.

 

[callmefence]

Google says ear corn is 70 per bushel. It sure seems wsc would be heavier. But I guess it isn't.

 

[1982vett]

Yeah...it's a slow day so far....

 

[Stickney94]

I can't tell you how many tons, but having shoveled many a load of ear corn into a grinder/mixer I would say 200 bushel would have taken the better part of a morning -- depending on how many times my brother and I could stall the IH 560 tractor.

(Eventually my dad gave up and hooked up a larger tractor) haha

 

[sstterry]

Google says ear corn is 70 per bushel. It sure seems wsc would be heavier. But I guess it isn't.

Is that GMO or non-GMO

 

[SBMF 2015]

I was always told 70lbs/bu. I'm not really set up for it any more, but IMO ground ear corn is about as good as it gets for starting calves.

 

[SBMF 2015]

Is that GMO or non-GMO

Haha, those old ear pickers were not made for 200+ bu corn. It really makes them howl.

 

[Dsth]

Google says ear corn is 70 per bushel. It sure seems wsc would be heavier. But I guess it isn't.

a bushel of ear corn is 2.5 cubic feet. a bushel of shelled corn is 1.244 cubic feet. a true bushel is 1.244 cubic feet. ear corn uses a larger volume to estimate the area the cob takes up to end up with a final 56 lbs. of shelled corn. so yes, if the volume is the same wsc will weigh more.

 

[1982vett]

what your saying is a bushel of ear corn has 14 lbs of corn cob....

 

[Dsth]

what your saying is a bushel of ear corn has 14 lbs of corn cob....

No, that is not what I am saying. I am saying that is what I found on google search.

 

[sstterry]

No, that is not what I am saying. I am saying that is what I found on google search.

Those are the official govt. standards

 

[Dsth]

Those are the official govt. standards

Yes, I wondered how much of our tax dollars went to someone to figure out those numbers.

 

[1982vett]

No, that is not what I am saying. I am saying that is what I found on google search.

Well it's OK but you should have took the credit...lol....if their is 56 lbs of shell corn in a bushel and 70 lbs of ear corn in a bushel...simple math says their is 14 lbs of corn cobs in a bushel of ear corn.

 

[A&S Cattle]

Still no clear ideas ?

 

[TexasBred]

Google says ear corn is 70 per bushel. It sure seems wsc would be heavier. But I guess it isn't.

And a bushel of alfalfa weights more than a bushel of shelled corn. Something wrong here.