date:Oct 18, 2012
ut Michigan farmer Ed Breitmeyer reported surveying fields in northeast China that produced 18,000 to 22,000 plants per acre, with a few up to 25,000.
Overall, the corn growing season was good, with few problems that impacted yields. The tour took pictures of tall green corn that was completely laid over by typhoons in August. But because the stalks didn't break and because 70 to 90 percent of China's corn is harvested by hand or small machines, the corn was salvageable. Armyworms and other pes