Corn Facts
Some Interesting Corn Facts
One of the most important corn facts is that corn is the number one crop in America.
Iowa raises more corn than any other state. 55% goes to foreign countries and the rest remains in the United States.
Every continent except Antarctica grows corn.
Every kernel of corn has one piece of silk.
An average ear of corn has 16 rows with a total of 800 kernels.
Over four thousand different food products are made with corn.
A pound of corn has around 1300 kernels.
Every ear of corn has an even number of rows.
Corn is the third highest crop in agricultural production, falling behind wheat and rice.
Nebraska is known as the Cornhusker state.
Iowa corn facts reveal that the state produces over two billion bushels of corn every year.
Most of the corn produced in the world goes to feed livestock, not people.
If you keep corn at room temperature, it will lose 40% of its sweetness in six hours.
The "Corn Belt" includes a number of states: Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, South Dakota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Michigan.
The first corn was grown in Mexico.
Corn facts indicate that China produces approximately twenty-percent of the world’s corn crop.
Cookie Jarvis holds the world record for eating corn on the cob. He ate 33 1/2 ears in twelve minutes.
The American settlers used corn for money.
Native Americans taught the settlers to grow corn by digging a hole and placing in it a seed and a small fish. The fish was for fertilizer.
Most soft drinks contain corn. It is the number one soft drink sweetener.
Corn production in the United States is double that of any other cash crop.
Corn can be used to produce fuel and it can be burned in stoves for heat.
The fastest growing market for U.S corn is the heavily populated Pacific Rim in Asia.
The silk is the female part of the corn plant and the tassel is the male part.
One of the most interesting corn facts tells us that every tassel on a corn plant releases into the wind five million grains of pollen.
In the United States, annual corn consumption is around 160 pounds per person. In Mexico it is closer to 400 pounds. By contrast, in India the annual consumption of corn is 15 pounds.
One bushel of corn can make 2-½ gallons of ethanol fuel.
Combines harvest nine hundred bushels of corn every hour. Before machines, one person harvest one hundred bushels of corn in nine hours.
One ear of corn produces one thousand female flowers.
Corn takes three to four months to reach maturity.
If you buy a box of corn flakes, only eight percent of the content is corn.
In Iowa, an average acre of corn produces 182 bushels.
A corn plant can grow as high as twelve feet tall.