Using Pounds of Seed Per Acre Chart

NOTE: If a specific population of seed is desired, use the Pounds of Seed Per Acre Chart and Rate Chart to determine the approximate seed shifter setting. Fluted meters are VOLUME meters not population meters. The number of seeds per acre will vary according to the size of seed.

1. Determine from seed bag how many seeds equal one pound. Locate value on left-hand column of chart.

2. Locate under “desired population” the number of seeds desired per acre in thousands.

3. Where the value in side column and the value in upper column meet is number of pounds of seed to apply for each acre.

   EXAMPLE: If there are 2050 seeds per pound, and desired population is 190,000 seeds per acre apply 93 pounds of seed per acre.

	DESIRED POPULATION (seeds per acre in thousands)
	160	165	170	175	180	185	190	195	200	205	210	215	220	225	230	235	240	245	250
SEEDS PER LB	POUNDS OF SEED PER ACRE
1800	89	92	95	97	100	103	106	108	111	114	117	120	122	125	128	131	133	136	139
1850	86	89	92	95	97	100	103	105	108	111	114	116	120	122	124	127	130	132	135
1900	84	87	89	92	95	97	100	103	105	108	111	113	116	118	121	124	126	129	132
1950	82	85	87	90	92	95	97	100	103	105	108	110	113	115	118	121	123	126	128
2000	80	83	85	88	90	93	95	98	100	103	105	108	110	113	115	118	120	123	125
2050	78	80	83	85	88	90	93	95	98	100	103	105	107	110	112	115	117	120	122
2100	76	79	81	83	86	88	90	93	95	98	100	102	105	104	106	112	114	117	119
2150	74	77	79	81	84	86	89	91	93	95	98	100	102	105	107	109	112	114	116
2200	73	75	77	80	82	84	86	89	91	93	95	98	100	102	105	107	109	112	114
2250	71	73	76	78	80	82	84	87	89	91	93	95	98	100	102	105	107	109	111
2300	70	72	74	76	78	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	96	98	101	102	104	107	109
2350	68	70	72	74	77	79	81	83	85	87	89	91	94	96	98	100	102	104	106
2400	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	85	88	90	92	94	96	98	100	102	104
2450	65	67	69	71	73	76	78	80	82	84	86	88	90	92	94	96	98	100	102
2500	64	66	68	70	72	71	76	78	80	82	84	86	88	90	92	94	96	98	100
2550	62	65	67	69	71	73	75	76	78	80	82	84	86	88	90	92	94	96	98
2600	62	63	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	85	87	88	90	92	94	96
2650	60	62	64	66	68	70	72	74	75	77	79	81	83	85	87	89	91	92	94
2700	59	61	63	65	67	69	70	72	74	76	78	80	81	83	85	87	89	91	93
2750	58	60	62	64	65	67	69	71	73	75	76	78	80	82	84	85	87	89	91
2800	57	59	61	63	64	66	68	70	71	73	75	77	79	80	82	84	86	88	89
2850	56	58	60	61	63	65	67	68	70	72	74	75	77	79	81	82	84	86	88
2900	55	57	59	60	62	64	66	67	69	71	72	74	76	78	79	81	83	84	86
2950	54	56	58	59	61	63	64	66	68	69	71	73	75	76	78	80	81	83	85
3000	53	55	57	58	60	62	63	65	67	68	70	72	73	75	77	78	80	82	83
3100	52	53	55	56	58	60	61	63	65	66	67	69	71	73	74	76	77	79	80
3200	50	51	53	55	56	58	59	61	63	64	66	67	69	70	72	73	75	77	78
3300	48	50	52	53	54	56	58	59	62	62	65	65	68	68	71	72	74	75	77
3400	47	49	50	51	52	54	56	57	59	60	62	63	65	66	68	69	71	72	74
3500	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	56	57	59	60	61	63	64	66	67	69	70	71
3600	44	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	56	57	58	60	61	63	64	65	67	68	69
3700	43	45	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	55	57	58	59	61	62	64	65	66	68
3800	42	43	45	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	55	57	58	59	61	62	63	64	66