most of the world's corn is grown in united states.
most of the world's corn is grown in united states.
where is most of the world's corn grown?
united states
most of the corn grown in the united states today is yellow dent corn or a closely related variety derived from it. dent corn is the variety used in food manufacturing as the base ingredient for cornmeal flour (used in the baking of cornbread), corn chips, tortillas, and taco shells. starch derived from this high-starch content variety is turned into plastics, as well as fructose which is used as a sweetener (high-fructose corn syrup) in many processed foods and soft drinks.









































the six major types of corn are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.
dent corn
bullet::::2. cornbrknown locally as mais, corn was first introduced in visayas during the sixteenth century and eventually spread to other parts of the philippines. because of its adaptability and affordability, it has been considered a common replacement for rice and has been steadily rising in importance as a philippine crop and food staple. corn can be grown almost everywhere in the philippines even on drier soils and is being planted somewhere year-round. there are many varieties of corn grown but flint corns are the most common because of better adaptation in the making of "corn rice”. though planting of corn is abundant, it suffers from a wide range of diseases and pests in the philippine environment. it is in southern mindanao, northeast luzon and the visayan islands of cebu, bohol, leyte and negros where corn is the dominant food crop.
ancient filipino diet and health