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.
Corn is as important today to mankind as it was in the beginning to native peoples.