"yield of corn" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to the amount of corn produced or harvested from a certain area of land. Example: "The farmer was pleased with the high yield of corn from his latest harvest."
"It's still difficult to feed them all," Ms. Frazier said of her surviving children, noting the paltry yield of corn on her small plot.
LM increased P concentrations in the early stages of growth and the yield of corn.
The agricultural yield of corn (USA) and sugarcane (Brazil) were 9.59 and 79.19 tons ha−1, respectively, in 2010.
The relative yield of corn was influenced by duration of weed-infested or weed-free period, regardless of corn types.
This study evaluated the effect of salinity and irrigation levels on growth and yield of corn grown in the arid area of Egypt.
Tavassoli et al. (2010) reported a major increase in fresh and dry forage yield of corn irrigated with reclaimed water with a significant influence on crude protein content, ash percentage, and macro elements (i.e., N, P and K).
The big farmers then "plant for subsidies, not for the market," Mr. Duffy said, producing some of the best yields of corn in the state's history.
Between 1940 and 1980 in the United States, for example, per-acre yields of corn tripled, those of wheat and soybeans doubled, and farm output per hour of farm work increased almost 10-fold as capital was substituted for labour.
During the 20th century, country after country adopted methods of industrial agriculture — use of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation and high-productivity grain hybrids — that caused yields of corn, wheat, rice and other staples to soar.
Worldwide, the authors report online today in Science, yields of corn and wheat declined by 3.8% and 5.5%, respectively, compared with what they would have been without global warming.
Helping farmers produce higher yields of corn and beans in such an impoverished environment gave him a new perspective on agriculture.
