Re: How do I change the y-axis on an Excel chart from numbers towords. This will plot everything as zero values, since they are all text. You can fake it using one of these approaches: http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Y_CategoryAxis.html. http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/DotPlot.html. - Jon.
First you must keep in mind that all ears of corn have an even number of rows, never an odd number. All average ears have between 12 and 20 rows. Still, it's difficult to tell at a glance whether an ear has 14, 16, 18, or 20 rows.
Minnesota studies from two years ago comparing 30-inch corn rows to 20-inch rows found yields maxed out at about 34,000 plants per acre for both row widths. Yields stayed close all the way to 44,000 plants per acre. âItâs just pretty hard to beat 30-inch rows in southern Minnesota,â he says. That may change in places like northwest Minnesota, he says. There, many growers plant corn in 22-inch rows, and research is more favorable to higher populations in narrow rows.