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	Corn
		Corn is cross-pollinated by wind-blown pollen from the male flowers or tassels at the top of the plant to the female flowers or silks about midway up the stalks.
		Corn was originally "roasted" in the fire coals.
		Corn leaf aphids infect the swirl of young corn plants.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /plantanswers/vegetables/corn.html (1623 words)

	Corn Refiners Association - Home Page
		Based in Washington, D.C., the Corn Refiners Association is the national trade association representing the corn refining (wet milling) industry of the United States.
		The association is a primary source of educational material on corn and products from corn for schools, government, journalists, agriculture and agribusiness.
		Also outlined are sustainable practices that corn farmers employ to produce more corn, while reducing their environmental footprint.
	www.corn.org (272 words)

	NativeTech: Native American History of Corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Corn or maize (zea mays) is a domesticated plant of the Americas.
		Kernels of corn and beans were planted in the raised piles of soil to provide the support of the cornstalk for the bean vine to grow around.
		One ceremony, the Green Corn ceremony of New England tribes, accompanies the fall harvest.
	www.nativetech.org /cornhusk/cornhusk.html (999 words)

	Corn - MSN Encarta
		Corn ranks with wheat and rice as one of the world’s chief grain crops, and it is the largest crop of the United States (see Crop Farming).
		Corn is native to the Americas and was the staple grain of the region for many centuries before Europeans reached the New World.
		Some varieties of flint corn, which are used for the same purposes as dent corn, are favored in cold climates because of their ability to germinate at low temperatures, or in tropical climates because of their resistance to attack by weevils.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559467/Corn.html (721 words)

	Maize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field corn is left in the field very late in the autumn in order to thoroughly dry the grain, and may, in fact, sometimes not be harvested until winter or even early spring.
		Corn smut or common smut (Ustilago maydis): a fungal disease, known in Mexico as huitlacoche, which is prized by some as a gourmet delicacy in itself.
		Corn meal is made into a thick porridge in many cultures: from the polenta of Italy and the mămăligă of Romania to mush in the U.S. or the food called sadza, nshima, ugali and mealie pap in Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maize (3212 words)

	Origin, History and Uses of Corn
		Corn is often classified as dent corn, flint corn, flour corn, popcorn, sweet corn, waxy corn, and pod corn.
		The principal role of the corn plant during the 19th century was closely tied to the development of the Midwest.
		Corn also is used as the major study plant for many academic disciplines such as genetics, physiology, soil fertility and biochemistry.
	www.agron.iastate.edu /courses/agron212/Readings/Corn_history.htm (1294 words)

	ERS USDA Briefing Room - Corn
		Corn is the most widely produced feed grain in the United States, accounting for more than 90 percent of total value and production of feed grains.
		Around 80 million acres of land are planted to corn, with the majority of the crop grown in the Heartland region.
		Corn is also processed into a multitude of food and industrial products including starch, sweeteners, corn oil, beverage and industrial alcohol, and fuel ethanol.
	www.ers.usda.gov /Briefing/Corn (790 words)

	NCGA - Information Bin
		Corn in general is comprised of carbohydrated (mainly starch), protein, fat and water.
		Dent corn also is used to make corn syrup sweeteners and other ingredients that appear in all kinds of foods from soft drinks to baked goods.
		Growers raised 117,900 acres of sweet corn in 1995 and 123,400 acres in 1994.
	www.ncga.com /education/main/FAQ.html (1178 words)

	How a Corn Plant Grows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This means that growth and yield of a corn plant are functions of the plant's genetic potential to react to the environmental conditions under which the plant is grown.
		When staging a field of corn, each specific V or R stage is defined only when 50 percent or more of the plants in the field are in or beyond that stage.
		The corn plant from VT to R1 is more vulnerable to hail damage than at any other period because the tassel and all leaves are completely exposed.
	maize.agron.iastate.edu /corngrows.html (5585 words)

	Corn Futures
		Corn was increased from 10.350 to 10.639 billion bushels.
		Corn was increased from 1.900 to 2.079 billion bushels.
		Corn was increased from 1.96 to 2.01 billion bushels.
	www.investmenttools.com /futures/soy/corn.htm (1324 words)

	Fresh Market Corn, Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, North Willamette Research and Extension Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Supersweet corn varieties and other new types of corn requiring isolation from standard sweet types should be isolated based on their Isolation Class categorization.
		Sweet corn should not be handled in bulk unless copiously iced, because it tends to heat throughout the pile.
		Corn should not be expected to keep in marketable condition even in cold storage at 32 F for more than 5 to 8 days.
	oregonstate.edu /Dept/NWREC/corn-fr.html (2384 words)

	Corn
		Grain or field corn is grown annually for grain on from 55 to 60 million acres, with seed production in excess of 4 billion bushels; and in addition, around 8 million acres of this type are harvested for silage.
		Pod corn is a curiosity in which each individual kernel is covered by a pod-like growth in addition to the husks enclosing the ear as a whole.
		From 12 to 15 percent of the crop is processed for starch, corn sugar, syrup, corn oil, corn-oil meal, gluten feed and meal, whiskey, alcohol, and for direct human food in the form of corn flakes, corn meal, hominy and grits.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/Crops/Corn.html (1195 words)

	Glorious corn
		A meal consisting of fresh corn on the cob, red ripe tomatoes anointed with fresh basil and olive oil, with or without fried chicken, a hamburger, hot dog or steak, and a fresh peach or berry dessert is a meal the greatest chef cannot improve.
		Corn is good raw in salads, often teamed with fl or kidney beans, fl and red peppers and a simple vinaigrette dressing.
		Corn is subject to a variety of pests, including corn borers and Japanese beetles, not to mention groundhogs, which like it as well as humans do.
	www.post-gazette.com /food/20000629corn1.asp (1953 words)

	Corn - Glossary - Hormel Foods
		Most corn grown in the United States is dent corn, also known as field corn, which is named for the indentation that forms in the kernels as the corn dries in the fields.
		Corn varieties that have drier, harder kernels, such as flint corn, are often ground into coarse meal, but can be difficult to grind into fine flour.
		Sweet Corn, commonly referred to as "corn on the cob" is often considered to be a vegetable rather than a grain, probably because it is most often eaten fresh like a vegetable.
	www.hormel.com /kitchen/glossary.asp?id=33194&catitemid= (636 words)

	Ag's Cool Corn
		Corn can be grown in other regions of the state, but the rich soil found in the Coastal Plains is ideal for growing corn.
		Corn is a type of grain and grain standards are set according to weight, foreign material and damage.
		Corn is a good for eating because it is a high carbohydrate vegetable which means that it helps in giving you energy.
	www.agr.state.nc.us /agscool/commodities/cornkid.htm (883 words)

	Organic Sweet Corn Production
		Corn is wind-pollinated and should be planted in blocks of at least 4 rows for good pollination to occur.
		Corn smut, which appears particularly on white cultivars, is characterized by large, fleshy, grey-fl galls on the stalks, tassels, or ears.
		If field corn is planted early and provides the first generation moths with plenty of corn to lay their eggs on, large populations will probably be available to attack sweet corn later.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/hil/hil-50.html (6190 words)

	CEL \| Michael Pollan
		The french fries are made from potatoes, but odds are they're fried in corn oil, the source of 50 percent of their calories.
		Corn is the keystone species of the industrial food system, along with its sidekick, soybeans, with which it shares a rotation on most of the farms in the Midwest.
		We discovered that corn is this big, fat packet of starch that can be broken down into almost any basic organic molecules and reassembled as sweeteners and many other food additives.
	www.ecoliteracy.org /publications/rsl/michael-pollan.html (1263 words)

	Corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In areas where corn was used without liming and the diets have few other sources of tryptophan such as parts of Africa and China (and the southeastern part of the United States up until the early part of the last century), pellagra is endemic.
		If corn is major source of niacin, it is important that it be prepared with lime or that the same flour used to make corn tortillas known as masa harina is commonly used.
		Corn is used most as a feed for livestock, but it is also ubiquitous in the diet of North Americans, from roasted corn on the cob and canned corn to cornbread and muffins and corn oils and sweeteners.
	www.wholegrain.umn.edu /grains/corn.cfm (794 words)

	WHFoods: Corn
		Corn grows in "ears," each of which is covered in rows of kernels that are then protected by the silk-like threads called "corn silk" and encased in a husk.
		Corn's contribution to heart health lies not just in its fiber, but in the significant amounts of folate that corn supplies.
		Corn is a good source of thiamin, providing about one-quarter (24.0%) of the daily value for this nutrient in a single cup.
	www.whfoods.com /genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=90 (2727 words)

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		You may already be familiar with the dangers of fructose that I’ve warned about in the past, but what you may not know is that high-fructose corn sweeteners that have been used to sweeten soft drinks and food since the 1970s are major contributors to the obesity epidemic in the United States.
		Contrary to common belief, corn is a grain, not a vegetable, and is definitely not fit as a dietary staple and mainstay, primarily because it contains high amounts of sugar.
		Cheap corn is truly the building block of the ''fast-food nation," as Michael Pollan writes in a New York Times article.
	www.mercola.com /2004/apr/10/corn_fat.htm (965 words)

	Corn
		Blue corn (which is literally blue) has the widest range of flavor components and is often used as an ingredient in chips.
		Everyone’s favorite movie partner, popcorn, is made from a corn variety that “pops” when exposed to dry heat, forming a featherweight, white, starchy mass many times the size of the original kernel.
		Corn is also used to make masa, the form of cornmeal used in tortillas.
	www.publix.com /wellness/notes/Display.do?id=Food_Guide&childId=Corn (986 words)

	Field Crop 28.33
		Corn rootworm insecticide was applied when the previous crop was corn.
		To provide corn producers a "standard" maturity comparison for the hybrids evaluated, the average grain moisture of all hybrids rated by the Minnesota Relative Maturity rating system are shown in each table.
		Corn silage quality was analyzed using near infra-red spectroscopy equations derived from previous work of Drs.
	corn.agronomy.wisc.edu /HT/2005/Text.htm (1874 words)

	Bt-Corn for Corn Borer Control
		If there is enough corn borer activity to cause an average of 1 cavity per stalk in a susceptible hybrid at the end of the season, then you would save $12.55 per acre using Bt corn versus no corn borer control at all.
		Table 2 indicates that when corn borer populations are at the level that would result in an average of one cavity in every 4 plants in an untreated susceptible hybrid, the use of the hybrids would not be justified.
		Corn borers can attack corn planted at any time, but usually first generation damage is most severe in early planted corn and late planted corn is more severely damaged by second generation European corn borer and southwestern corn borer.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/Entomology/entfacts/fldcrops/ef118.htm (2926 words)

	Technorati Tag: corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Corns - Get Relief from Foot.com Comprehensive information on foot health, care and disorders for athletes, seniors, diabetics and others.
		May 24, 2006 4:59 PM David Corn believes that “despite all the happy talk” Iraq is headed for more, rather than less...
		Top blue corn chip crunches competition May 24, 2006 SF Chronicle A taste test of 12 brands of blue corn chips, available at grocers in the SF bay...
	www.technorati.com /tag/corn (557 words)

	Corn, Choosing Corn, How To Cook Corn the Right Way, Corn Recipes, History of Corn
		Corn is the largest crop in the United States, in terms of acres planted and the value of the crop produced.
		As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins is gradual conversion to starch, which reduces the corn's natural sweetness.
		Add husked corn ears and continue to cook on high heat (covered or not) three to four minutes or until kernels are very hot.
	whatscookingamerica.net /corn.htm (1134 words)

	The Story of Corn - Quick Facts
		An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.
		Corn is a major component in many food items like cereals, peanut butter, snack foods and soft drinks.
		Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
	www.campsilos.org /mod3/students/index.shtml (323 words)

	Corn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Corn is a member of the grass family.
		The cob, or center of the corn that is inside the leaves, has thousands of seeds that are called kernels.
		Corn silage is livestock food that is made from the parts of the corn plant that are left after the roots and ears of corn have been taken off.
	library.thinkquest.org /TQ0312380/corn.htm (633 words)

	Food Facts & Trivia: Corn
		Corn was domesticated about 10,000 years ago, most likely from a lost ancestor from the highlands of central Mexico.
		Corn is one of the third most important food crops of the world measured by production volume, behind wheat and rice.
		Corn is used in the production of alcohol, and distilled spirits, corn syrup, sugar, cornstarch, synthetic fibers such as nylon, certain plastics, in the manufacture of wood resin, lubricating oils and synthetic rubber, as an abrasive, corn cob pipes, corn oil, margarine, saccharin, paints, soaps, linoleum and gasohol.
	www.foodreference.com /html/fcorn.html (790 words)

	Articles: Farmers
		But a recent study of Bt corn by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) showed that it generated an additional $125 million for U.S. farmers in 2001 by increasing yields and reducing pesticide use.
		Using Bt corn, which helps control corn borers by releasing a natural protein that shuts down its digestive system without the need for chemical sprays, has also reduced the amount of pesticides Gangwish applies to his land.
		Living on the land with his family, Gangwish also notices how friendly insects thrive in and around Bt corn plots - insects such as the lace wing fly, lady bugs, wasps and predator mites, which are themselves natural predators of crop-eaters like the European corn borer.
	www.whybiotech.com /index.asp?id=2077 (793 words)

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