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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. [2] Field corn primarily grown for livestock feed and ethanol production is allowed to mature fully before being shelled off the cob and being stored in silos, pits, bins, or grain ...
Sugar-rich varieties called sweet corn are grown for human consumption, while field corn varieties are used for animal feed, for uses such as cornmeal or masa, corn starch, corn syrup, pressing into corn oil, alcoholic beverages like bourbon whiskey, and as chemical feedstocks including ethanol and other biofuels.
Prehistoric human feces have been found to contain bones from the wild cats of Africa. [1] There are accounts from antiquity of cats being consumed in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis (southern France). [2] During the 18th century, domestic cats were used in the meat production in France, with published recipes surviving from 1740. [3]
mtreasure/Getty Images. 2. Dent. Common Varieties: Blue Ridge White Capped, Jimmy Red, Cocke’s Prolific Best For: flour, coarse grits, livestock Dent corn is a widely grown type of field corn ...
Field corn, also commonly referred to as “dent” corn because of the indentations that develop on the ends of the kernels as they mature and dry, is primarily grown to feed livestock. It also ...
Most of the corn produced in the US is field corn, not sweet corn, and not digestible by humans in its raw form. Most corn is used for livestock feed and not human food, even the portion that is exported. Only the starch portion of corn kernels is converted to ethanol.
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 ...
Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. [1] Because each kernel has a hard outer layer to protect the soft endosperm , it is likened to being hard as flint , hence the name. [ 2 ]