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Kinds of Corn: Barley

Dent corn is the most common variety grown in the United States, comprising 90% of corn. It has a dent on the top of each kernel from uneven shrinking as it dries. Dent corn is used mostly for livestock but also in many food and industrial products. Sweet corn must be picked at peak flavor and is grown for human consumption, mostly in northern states. Flint corn has a smooth, hard kernel and grows well in cold climates, produced in Wisconsin, New England, and other northern areas. Popcorn has a tough outer coat and puffs up when heated rapidly, with leading producers in Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa and Kansas.

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Kinds of Corn: Barley

Dent corn is the most common variety grown in the United States, comprising 90% of corn. It has a dent on the top of each kernel from uneven shrinking as it dries. Dent corn is used mostly for livestock but also in many food and industrial products. Sweet corn must be picked at peak flavor and is grown for human consumption, mostly in northern states. Flint corn has a smooth, hard kernel and grows well in cold climates, produced in Wisconsin, New England, and other northern areas. Popcorn has a tough outer coat and puffs up when heated rapidly, with leading producers in Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa and Kansas.

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Kinds of Corn

Dent Corn is the most common commercial variety, comprising about 90 per cent of the
corn grown in the United States. Each kernel of corn has a small dent on the top. This dent
is made when the hard and soft starch in the kernel shrink unequally as it dries. Farmers
harvest dent corn when the seeds become hard and ripe.
Dent corn is primarily used as a livestock feed, but can also be used to make many food and
industrial products. It is grown in all parts of the Corn Belt.
Sweet Corn is grown chiefly for human consumption. It must be picked at just the right
time to ensure the best flavor. Most sweet corn grows in the northern states, with
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Oregon being the leading sweet corn producers.
Flint Corn has hard kernels with a smooth coat. It can grow in cold climates because it
ripens in less time than other kinds of corn. Wisconsin, the New England states, and other
northern states grow flint corn. Argentina, a leading world producer of corn, grows almost
no other type of corn but flint. Flint corn can be shipped and stored with less spoilage than
any other kinds.
Popcorn has small, hard kernels that are either rice-shaped with pointed ends or flat with
rounded ends. A tough outer coat covers each kernel. When the kernels are heated rapidly,
the moisture inside them turns to steam. This steam builds up a great pressure within the
kernel until it finally bursts the kernel's outer shell, and the entire inside of the kernel puffs
out. Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa, and Kansas lead in growing popcorn.
Flour Corn, or soft corn, is one of the oldest types of corn. It has soft, starchy kernels. It
can be ground by hand because it has softer kernels than any other kinds of corn. Flour corn
grows in the warm areas of South America, but is not grown commercially in the United
States.
Pod Corn has a separate covering around each kernel. In all other corns, the kernel has no
separate covering. It has never been grown commercially, because the husks on each kernel
make it hard to use.
The Corn Plant
Corn is a member of the grass family (Gramineae), and belongs to the group of six true
grains, or cereals, that also includes wheat, barley, oats, rice, and rye. The corn plant grows
3 to 10 feet tall and has many short ear shoots, or branches.

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