Search Tracker Outdoors Hunting Forum Partner Corn C orn touches our lives every day. Americans would find it difficult to live without corn. It is our countries number one crop. Most people are familiar with sweet corn and enjoy it as part of their diet. But, most corn is field corn which is fed to livestock and poultry, and into a variety of products.
T here are many uses for corn.
Corn syrup has replaced imported sugar in a host of products. The U.S. is the largest exporter of corn. A corn hull is the fibrous layer covering the kernel and is used in producing corn glutin feed and meal. T he germ provides most of the protein and oil found in this elongated oval portion of the kernel. It is used in cooking oils, margarine and salad dressings.