Which state grows the most corn?
Corn production in the United States economic crises may cause corn prices to fluctuate or to rise. The value of corn is increasing, due to the country's greater demand and reliance for corn. Iowa, the largest producer of corn in the US, grows three times as much corn as Mexico. Iowa harvested of sweet corn in 2007. In 2011, the state had 92,300 corn farms on , the average size being , and the average dollar value per acre being US$6,708. In the same year, there were 13.7 million harvested acres of corn for grain, producing 2.36 billion bushels, which yielded 172.0 bu/acre, with US$14.5 billion
Dent corn 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 ("Zea mays" var. "indentata") is a fast-growing, vertically erect, short-lived annual plant and similar to many other varieties of "Zea mays". More commonly grown to a height of 2–3 meters (6–9 feet), "Zea mays" typically grows with a single, hollow main stem often called a stalk (or culm) which exhibits internodes that are cylindrical in the upper part, and alternately grooved on the lower part with a bud in the