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No, the acre is the same, roughly 40% of a hectare, multiply acres by 2.5 and you get hectares.
Multiply an acre by 2.5 and you get a hectare, but multiply a number of hectares by 2.5 to get the number of acres.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 9th, 2006 at 10:37:33 AM EST
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140 bu/acre x 2.5 = 350 bu/ha
This is correct, though.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 9th, 2006 at 10:41:22 AM EST
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oops, I shouldn't have slipped into the plural! Or said divide. PN points to you!
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jul 9th, 2006 at 11:26:09 AM EST
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PN points? It's a factor of 6 difference if you replace 1/2.5 with 2.5

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 9th, 2006 at 11:31:26 AM EST
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6.25, surely?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Jul 9th, 2006 at 01:43:20 PM EST
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You can have my PN points.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 9th, 2006 at 02:41:33 PM EST
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