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Someone was in my DMs just now and guys let me just give you a freebie. Your maize yield is limited by the number of cobs in your field. If you are planting 20,000 seeds per hectare you get:
22,000 cobs (some double cobbing)
120 grams of dried maize per cob (I’m being generous)
22,000 cobs * 120 grams / 1,000 grams/kg / 1,000 kg/ton = a yield of 2.88 MT per Ha.

YOU NEED TO PUT MORE SEED IN THE FIELDS. And by the way, when you do, you need to put more fertilizer on too.

I googled “how much nitrogen does corn need” - it needs 250 units (lbs/acre).
It is NOT HARD to look this stuff up. Plant 50,000 seeds per hectare, or even more (we did 70,000 last year).

USE ENOUGH FERTILIZER.

WEED YOUR FIELDS. Or use herbicides if you don’t care about the environment.

SPRAY YOUR FIELDS. Protect against fall army worm and rust.
They say you have to spend money to make money. Guess what, they’re right.

We are budgeting over 500k per hectare for our maize farm this season between inputs, labor, tractor work, harvesting. We are aiming for 10 tons/Ha.

So do your research, make your budget, and get going.
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