Its growth rate is so rapid, it is ready for harvest in only 4 months- reaching a height of 6-12 feet, and producing 3-6 tons of dry fiber per acre. http://www.reusablebags.com/facts.php?id=10
and heres some corn
Under the linear trend, the trend yield for 2006 is 159.9 bushels per planted acre. This would grow to 181.3 bushels per planted acre in 2015. Under the break-point trend, the trend yield for 2006 is 169.1 bushels per planted acre, 9.2 bushels per acre higher. The 2015 trend yield is 200.0 bushels per planted acre, roughly 10 percent higher. http://www.card.iastate.edu/iowa_ag_review/fall_05/article3.aspx