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| If both samples are the same in terms of seeds per pound, then they are the same yield in terms of bushels per acre. (because a pound=a pound) Test wt is a measure of volume. so in your example the acre of high test wt corn does not yield any more, but it takes 8% less space in volume. Over an entire farm it would take 8% less trucks to haul the same number of bushels to market but the yield would be the same, the advantage of the high test weight corn would not be in yield it would be an 8% savings in transportation cost. When both samples have the same # of seeds per pound, they have the same yield because a pound is a pound.
Think of the old trick question, what weighs more a pound of sand or a pound of feathers?
They weigh the same, a pound is a pound.
sand has better test wt than feathers.
It is possible for both high and low test weight corn to have the same number of seeds per pound. I think you are trying to equate seeds per pound with test weight, they are two different things.
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corn yield estimate?
