corn and dhisoda images for current farming

dhisoda and corn images

corn info

• Corn is called maize by most countries, this comes from the Spanish word ‘maiz’.
  
• Corn is a cereal crop that is part of the grass family.
  
• An ear or cob of corn is actually part of the flower and an individual kernel is a seed.
  
• On average an ear of corn has 800 kernels in 16 rows.
  
• Corn will always have an even number of rows on each cob.
  
• A bushel is a unit of measure for volumes of dry commodities such as shelled corn kernels. 1 Bushel of corn is equal to 8 gallons.
  
• With the exception of Antarctica, corn is produced on every continent in the world.
  
• There are over 3,500 different uses for corn products.
  
• As well as being eaten by the cob, corn is also processed and used as a major component in many food items like cereals, peanut butter, potato chips, soups, marshmallows, ice cream, baby food, cooking oil, margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and chewing gum.
  
• Juices and soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain corn sweeteners. A bushel of corn can sweeten 400 cans of soft drink.