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Learn more about field corn grown in the U.S. and Indiana's field corn sector – a major crop for the state.
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The average ear of corn has 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows. One pound of corn contains approximately 1,300 kernels.
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Cornfields cover Indiana, but you’ll need to find a sweet corn field or backyard garden to enjoy some corn on the cob. Sweet corn is consumed as a vegetable. Field corn is used for livestock feed, ethanol production, manufactured goods and a food ingredient in the form of corn cereal, corn starch, corn oil and corn syrup.
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Family farmers grow 90% of America’s corn.
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