Fun Facts About Corn

Fun Facts About Corn

Farmers grow corn on every continent except Antarctica.

One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of Coca-Cola.

There are about 800 kernels in 16 rows on each ear of corn.

The corncob (ear) is actually part of the corn plant’s flower.

The main ingredient in most dry pet food is corn.

Corn is America's number one field crop. Corn leads all other crops in value and volume of production.

A pound of corn consists of approximately 1,300 kernels.

Corn is used to produce fuel alcohol. Fuel alcohol makes gasoline burn cleaner, reducing air pollution, and it doesn't pollute the water.

Parts of a Corn Plant

Ear or Cob: protected by a husk of tightly wrapped leaves

Kernels: the plant’s seed and the part you eat

Husk: the tightly-wrapped leaves that cover the ear of corn

Roots: these go deep into the soil and carry food and water to the corn plant

Silk: long soft threads at the top of the ear of corn

Stalk: the stem of a corn plant

Tassel: the flower at the very top of the plant