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HOW TO USE THE INPUT TABLES

First select the scenario under which you will market or use the high oil grain. The choices are:

Then enter numbers into the tables on your screen -- each cell has units shown as a guide, and additional information may be obtained by clicking on the cell title.

When you click on the button, your inputs are entered into a model that calculates the average returns for the values that you provided. The results will be shown on your screen in the form of a chart. The chart has yield levels on the horizontal axis and net returns ($ per acre) on the vertical axis -- this is the net extra return from growing high oil corn compared to regular yellow corn, for the particular set of inputs you used.

Try out different input values based on your expectations or knowledge of various situations.

The Related Pages Contained in this High Oil Corn (HOC) Section:

A brief introductory overview of high oil corn

Information about seed, seed costs, and planting rates

Information about oil content

Information about yield and how to relate different yields

Premium values for HOC when sold on contract

Extra value for HOC when fed on-farm

Other value considerations (IP grain costs, additional HOC values)

Links to other interesting HOC sites with information on value, seed companies, elevators, etc.