Glossary
This glossary contains many of the terms you will find in the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics websites. You can view the different definitions by domain using the drop down menu. Or, you can search for a specific term in the Glossary by typing the term in the text box and then click the Search button.
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- Yellow corn
- - refers to corn used mainly as feed grains; includes all types of corn other than white.
- Yield
- - an indicator of productivity derived by dividing total production by the area harvested for temporary crops or by the total bearing trees among permanent crops. Unit is in metric ton per hectare or kilograms per bearing tree.