Many farmers who grow corn belong to the North Carolina Corn Growers Association. There are many varieties of field corn and garden corn is basically yellow and white. Return to Menu History Corn is native to North Carolina. The settlers discovered Native Americans already growing corn when they came to America. It's unknown how corn originally came to North Carolina, but settlers discovered corn growing in different sections of North Carolina.
Corn is used in many different ways.
Corn and its by products are used in animal feeds, cornstarch, corn oil, corn sweeteners, and ethanol . Originally corn was grown for animal's to eat or to be ground into corn meal which was used for food products. But as technology advanced in the uses of corn have changed and increased such as the use of corn in sweeteners, high frutose corn syrup and oils. Because of the many uses of corn, people are using more and more of it in the United States and around the world. The demand to ship or export corn overseas to foreign countries is increasing.