My calcs would give you 330 minus 10 percent for heat reducing the ear fill time. so, Bullrider, for whatever percent of your crop that is like your sample, you should be pushing 300. I would really doubt you have 32,500 ears of that size over much of the area, but goodness knows that some of WC IN has had simply perfect weather this year, the dirt is good, and the farmers are excellent, so I think 300 is fair for you to expect.
Of course, you could drive 30 miles in most any direction and run into some yellow 130 bu corn too.
My question for the esteemed members here, why does anyone think the crop condition ratings are accurate, or that they are good at predicting final yield? Variations have been quite large over the years. This is a flood year for many. Average corn should be the expected and the crop ratings can never adeqautely capture flooding, denitrifiyin issues, etc. It is just not in the equation they use.
Rough natioanal guess puts us at average or roughly 160, just tight enough for the markets to jump around after harvest. Sounds like a great place to be.
