May 02

Corn

Here’s an earful:

An ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.

Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Minnesota account for over 50 percent of the corn grown in the U.S. Other major corn growing states are Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky.

In the U.S., corn production measures more than 2 times that of any other crop.

The Corn