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2. Field corn - Wikipedia

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   Field corn, also known as cow corn, is a North American term for maize (Zea mays) grown for livestock fodder (silage and meal), ethanol, cereal, and processed food products. The principal field corn varieties are dent corn , flint corn , flour corn (also known as soft corn) which includes blue corn ( Zea mays amylacea ), [ 1 ] and waxy corn .

3. US farmers face harsh economics with record corn ... - AOL

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   Demand from the U.S. meat industry, which feeds corn to livestock, is limited as pig farmers face lackluster pork demand while cattle ranchers slashed their herds due to drought in the Great Plains.

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5. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. List of most valuable crops and livestock products - Wikipedia

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   It was third to sugarcane and maize (corn) in quantity produced. This is a rice field in Cambodia. The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [ 1 ]

7. ‘It’s been a tough year.’ NC farmers look for solutions as ...

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   The knee-high field corn at David McKee’s farm in Rougemont is green but stunted this week, its roots clinging to hard, red clay webbed with half-inch cracks and its leaves curled and twisted ...

8. Dent corn - Wikipedia

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   Dent corn is the variety used in food manufacturing as the base ingredient for cornmeal flour (used in the baking of cornbread), corn chips, tortillas, and taco shells. Starch derived from this high-starch content variety is turned into plastics , as well as fructose which is used as a sweetener ( high-fructose corn syrup ) in many processed ...

9. Corn stover - Wikipedia

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   Corn field in Liechtenstein. Corn stover consists of the leaves, stalks, and cobs of corn (maize) (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) plants left in a field after harvest. Such stover makes up about half of the yield of a corn crop [1] and is similar to straw from other cereal grasses; in Britain it is sometimes called corn straw. Corn stover is a very ...