B. N (optimums or optima (pl)) [ËÉptÉªmÉ] the optimum â lo Ã³ptimo, lo mejor. they are not functioning at their optimum â no estÃ¡n funcionando lo mejor que pueden, no estÃ¡n funcionando al nivel Ã³ptimo. [ËÉptÉªmÉm] adj [conditions, rate, amount] â optimal(e), optimum.
Iowa's Corn Production. How much corn does Iowa produce? In 2016, Iowa corn farmers grew 2.7 billion bushels of corn on 13.5 million acres of land. At 56 pounds per bushel, thatâs over 150 billion pounds of field corn. Yeah, thatâs a lot of corn. (Source: USDA March, 2016) Is all the corn grown in Iowa sweet corn? You wish!
From 1866, the first year USDA began to estimate corn yield, through about 1936, corn yields in the U.S. were fairly constant and averaged about 26 bu/ac throughout that 70-year period. Curiously, the historical data show no appreciable annual change in productivity during that entire time period (Fig.