Corn seed is one of the first crops planted by settlers in the new world. Corn is native to American soil and millions of farmers and home gardeners plant and harvest the corn crops each year. Corn is an annual crop and it needs warmth, sunshine and plenty of moisture to yield a large crop. There are many different varieties of corn seed and the corn produced is used for many different purposes, such as in the manufacture of alcohol, as a food source and in the production of soaps, paints and linoleum. Corn is a popular crop and it is a very useful product.

Corn seed produces crops that make a nutritious and simple feed ingredient for poultry and livestock. In the United States, poultry and livestock are responsible for consuming approximately 40 percent of the country’s corn crop. Not to mention the thousands of tons of corn products like distiller’s grains made by ethanol plants. In many Midwestern states, livestock production is responsible for powering the economy. It is essential to the well-being of many states in the U.S. and contributes in some way to the financial health of every American citizen.

Corn is a also an essential food product and used in the manufacture of many products that American’s consume, such as cake mixes, the high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks, corn starch and meal, candy bars, corn flakes, cookies, beer and whiskey, instant tea and coffee. Corn seed is used to raise corn crops for other uses as well, such as in the production of cosmetics, paints, varnishes, toothpastes, rubber tires and surprisingly, spark plugs. Corn is grown in many states in the U.S. and grown in winter months in the southern states that have a warmer year-round climate.

There is one reference that lists over 500 separate uses for corn. Corn is an important element is many human foods, including puddings, mush, tamales, baby food, hominy and canned corn. There are also many industrial uses of corn, such as use in packing materials, paint, explosives, solvents, pharmaceuticals, dyes, abrasives, insecticides, antifreeze, rayon, adhesives, insulation materials, plastics, soaps and many more. Many academic disciplines use corn as a major study plant. These disciplines include soil fertility and biochemistry, genetics and physiology. It is not likely that any other plant has been studied more than corn seed. Corn is an extremely important cash crop for many farmers in the U.S.