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History of Virginia The proposed and accepted dates for the beginning of native habitation in Virginia vary widely; traditionally the assumed date was somewhere between 12,000–10,000 B.C. The recent archaeological excavations at Cactus Hill, however, have challenged those dates with hard evidence of far earlier habitation within the state.
The production of corn (Zea mays mays, also known as "maize") plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The US is the largest corn producer in the world, with 96,000,000 acres (39,000,000 ha) of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth is dominated by west/north central Iowa and east central Illinois. Approximately 13% of ...
In the mid-18th century, wheat culture spread to the tidewaters of Maryland and Virginia, where George Washington was a prominent grower as he diversified away from tobacco. The crop moved west, with Ohio as the center in 1840 and Illinois in 1860. [110] Illinois replaced its wheat with corn (which was used locally to feed hogs).
Maize, climbing beans, and winter squash planted together. The Three Sisters (Spanish: tres hermanas) are the three main agricultural crops of various indigenous people of Central and North America: squash, maize ("corn"), and climbing beans (typically tepary beans or common beans).
An aerial view shows the corn maze at Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove, Illinois. The 28-acre maze is billed as the world's largest. 'A mountain of corn' in Illinois
Virginia Walbot (born 1946) is an American agriculturalist and botanist who is a professor [1] in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. She investigates maize development with a focus on factors involved in male sterility.
The Utah-based Brett Herbst, who leads the company and who launched his first corn maze in 1996, says technology has only somewhat changed the way corn mazes are made.
Maize and cornmeal (ground dried maize) constitute a staple food in many regions of the world. [6] Maize is used to produce the food ingredient cornstarch. [98] Maize starch can be hydrolyzed and enzymatically treated to produce high fructose corn syrup, a sweetener. [99] Maize may be fermented and distilled to produce Bourbon whiskey. [100]