The Secretary of Stateâs office is the central filing office for certain financing statements and other lien documents provided for in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). Filing with our office serves to perfect a security interest in named collateral and establish priority in case of debtor default or bankruptcy.
Corn is a major field crop in New York State with more than 1 million acres planted annually. Typically, grain corn (including dry-shelled and high-moisture) represents 55% of the acreage, whereas corn silage represents the remaining 45% of the acreage. Recently, corn has been a very profitable crop to grow because of relatively high yields as well as high prices received by farmers.
Corn Use in Illinois Animal Feed 7% Exports 53% Ethanol 25% Processing 15% Where Does All That Corn Go? Illinois farmers rank second in the country in corn production. In 2009, Illinois farmers planted 12,000,000 acres of field corn, which produced over 2 billion bushels of little golden kernels. One bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds, meaning Illinois farmers hauled over 112 billion pounds of corn out of their fields. Now that is a lot of corn! Where does it all go? Field corn is not the type of corn you eat on the cob. It