Thursday, January 30, 2014

Questions about sunflower

Source: National Sunflower

- What is a hectare?

A hectare is unit of surface measured in the metric system, equal to 10,000 square meters, i.e., 1 hectare = 2.471 acres.


-How is sunflower weight measured?

The most common world measurement is the metric ton. It is 1,000 kilograms or 2,204.62 pounds. Price quotations to the U.S. farmer are in hundredweight. Farmers in the U.S. gauge their yields by pounds per acre. Some government reports use bushels (28 pounds to the bushel).

- What is the height of the tallest sunflower?

A sunflower grown in the Netherlands holds the record for being the tallest sunflower in the world. It measured 25 feet, 5.4 inches. (Source: 2004 Guinness World Records)

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