There are records of Champlain finding corn growing in the area of Georgian Bay in 1615. Native groups developed the major classes of corn that we recognize today. The types being sweet, popping, flint, flour and dent corns. Flint corn tends to have a larger grain with relatively little flour tissue in the endosperm. Flour corn is soft, floury and breaks apart readily.
Dent corn is a cross between flint and flour corn.
It can be used for the purpose of making bread or used for wet grinding or for making hominy Dent corn usually produces higher grain yields and to this day dominates production in North America and much of the rest of the world. From its original use as a food for man, corn now yields over one hundred by-products to industry. The livestock industry continues to be the largest user of corn grown. Research continue to find new uses for corn. Environmentally friendly products are one such area.