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Field 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.
The concrete Field of Corn sculpture in Dublin, Ohio depicts hundreds of ears of corn in a grassy field. [123] A maize stalk with two ripe ears is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 1 lipa coin, minted since 1993. [124]
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 ...
Most of the corn grown in the United States today is yellow dent corn or a closely related variety derived from it. [2] 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. It is also used to make corn syrup.
There's even a Taylor Swift corn maze. ... Richardson has it all: sunflower fields and a petting zoo; a tulip field in springtime and pumpkin patch in the fall; food trucks and craft beers; zip ...
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 ...
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 ]
The farm, which grows 60,000 fir trees near Toledo, typically decides the maze design by March and works with a corn maze cutter who travels across the country. "This year we thought of Taylor ...