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Are all corn plants the same?

Updated: 12/22/2022
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All corn plants are corn, but the various "varieties" and hybrids have widely different characteristics, both of the plants and of the corn produced. The largest cultivars for human consumption are hybrids (sweet corn) rather than the field corn which is native to North America.

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