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A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an imperial and US customary unit of volume, based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel was used mostly for agricultural products, such as wheat : in modern usage, the volume is nominal, with bushels denoting a mass defined differently for each commodity.
These copies describe the "London quarter" as notionally derived from eight "London bushels" of eight wine gallons of eight pounds of 15 ounces of 20 pennyweights of 32 grains of wheat, taken whole from the middle of an ear; [8] [9] the published Latin edition omits the quarter and describes corn gallons instead.
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
Three unripe ears (of barley, wheat, and rye): each has many awns (bristles) An ear is the grain-bearing tip part of the stem of a cereal plant, such as wheat or maize (corn). [1] It can also refer to "a prominent lobe in some leaves." [2] The ear is a spike, consisting of a central stem on which tightly packed rows of flowers grow.
A cross-section of an ear of corn, showing the cob. A corncob, also called corn cob or cob of corn, is the hard core of an ear of maize, bearing the kernels, made up of the chaff, woody ring, and pith. Corncobs contain mainly cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. [1]
Corn kernels are the fruits of corn (called maize in many countries). Maize is a grain , and the kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or a source of starch . The kernel comprise endosperm , germ , pericarp , and tip cap.
Another trick to super delicious corn on the cob involves milk and butter. Fill a large pot halfway with water and bring to a boil. Now add one cup of whole milk and a stick of butter.
One major drawback with corn ethanol, is the energy returned on energy invested , meaning the energy outputted in comparison to the energy required to output that energy. Compared to oil, with an 11:1 EROI, corn ethanol has a much lower EROI of 1.5:1, which, in turn, also provides less mileage per gallon compared to gasoline. [7]