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Corn
Corn is a type of cereal grass that is grown and harvested for its seed for use in everything from salad dressing to corn bread to livestock feed. It is the most popular cereal grass grown in North America, and one that grows very well in hot and relatively humid environments. Ask and answer questions about corn here.
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A semi truck from either Indiana, Mexico, or somewhere in the middle us transports it here.
Corn can also be grown in some parts of Utah.
Why do corn snakes shed their skins?
snakes shed because whenever you feed a snake it gets big in the stomoch and its like the skin just rips i dont know but my snake shed last night and it starts at the tail and some how they crawl through it and turn it inside out it was pretty cool so they shed so that they can grow.
...contains DNA which makes the plant produce a protein which is toxic to certain insects of the Lepidoptera family. The protein is the same one produced by the Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, from which the name "Bt" comes.
How many bushel per acre of corn in IN?
Around 150 bushels per acre average in 2010 according to Farm World:
Corn yield was off greatly from 2009 figures in all Farm World states except Michigan, where it increased from 148 to 150 bushels per acre in 2010.
What does you can tell a ripe corn by its look mean?
It means like if you see someone that is wearing something fancy that means that you know that the person is rich.
What are Bacon Cheddar and Roasted Corn Gourges?
Gourges are French-style baked pastries that can be served cold with wine or hot as an appetizer. Many different things can be added to gourges including bacon, cheddar cheese, and roasted corn.
Sugar is sweet because it reacts with the parts of the tongue that senses sweetness, and it causes you brain to sense pleasure.
mainly because the sugar taste buds are st the tip of ur toungue and and it has good reaction to them
What are corn snakes prey in french?
A corn snakes prey is 'mice and rats' - in French - that would be 'les souris et les rats' (rats is spelled the same in French as in English - but the pronunciation is different)
When you eat corn-on-the-cob are you eating seeds or fruits?
Corn on the cob is a vegetable. The seeds for this vegetable is found on the top of the stalk before the corn is picked.
Do corn snakes sleep in the dark?
no they dont sleep in the dark there more active when its dark durning the day they spend most of there time hiding depends the temp of the vivarium during day it should be warm n during the night the heat should go of snakes in the wild at night its cool n durning the day warm its naturall for them but if the snake eat leave the heat mat on at nights if the snakes stomech is full so it diggests its food properly
Do you get corn rash by getting cut by corn stalks?
I picked corn a couple of days ago and one of my lower forearms is broke out in a rash. I sure hope it is corn rash. I am beginning to think it spread to my neck also. Itchy and blistered. Only showing up on my arm that was pulling the corn off the stalk. Very itchy.
What is the phenotype of homozygous yellow grained corn and heterozygous yellow grained corn?
The phenotype (as I assume would be colour) for both homozygous and heterozygous yellow-grained corn is yellow.
What are some factors that affect the prices of corn futures?
The prices of corn futures can be affected by any of the following factors: 1 The introduction of genetically modified corn which matures early and can therefore be planted more than once in a year. 2 Trading agreements which could either raise the cost of production, sharpen competition, etc., causing prices of corn to either shoot up or get the prices to drop drastically. 3 Reports that show how much corn will be produced at a given period of time. Shortages would mean an increase in prices.
What does field corn look like?
Here is a link to a picture of field corn: http://www.bigoo.ws/backgrounds/food/off-the-cob-field-corn-179995.htm
Corn steep liquor is a product obtained after extraction of starch from what?
Well, to make liquor, you take grain, usually after malting it and boil it to steep the grain. That pulls the sugars that are in the grain out. These are then fermented which is having yeast convert the sugar to alcohol.
How does Dry corn weight compare to green corn weight?
Dry corn weight compare to green corn weight...Green corn weightX0.43=Dry corn weight
How much corn is sold for cereal production?
If you mean breakfast cereal, less than 1% of the US corn crop is used for this purpose.
Why do your corn stalks get little corn stalks growing off them from the bottom of the stalk?
The small stalks that appear around the base of the plant are called tillers, or more commonly suckers. They are a genetic remnant of corn's early history as a grass plant. In commercial field corn they have largely been bred out, but sweet corn varieties can show them more frequently. They are harmless and neither add to nor take away from the plant's productivity. Some people remove them, thinking they can help the plant produce more, but I generally recommend against the practice, because it creates an injury site on the plant which can allow diseases to enter.
A very fine starch powder derived from corn used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
