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Farm Facts: Sweet Corn

Rachel Bertone Stroop | Posted on

Indiana grows lots of field corn, which is typically used for animal feed and fuel, but the Hoosier State is also a producer of sweet corn – the kind we eat off the cob at Fourth of July barbecues. Learn more about sweet corn below:

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There is one strand of silk for each kernel on a cob of corn.

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Sources: nass.usda.gov; agcensus.usda.gov

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