Much of what people consider corn for eating (such as corn flakes) actually comes from field corn, not the sweet corn enjoyed ...

Corn is a healthy grain and source of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It may promote eye and digestive health. Refined corn products, however, such as tortilla chips, offer fewer health ...

• Iowa has approximately 87,500 farms. More than 97 percent of those farms are owned by farm families. • Iowa ranks number one in producing corn, soybeans, hogs, eggs, ethanol and dry distillers grain ...

• The corn silk is actually small, narrow tubes for the pollen to travel to the corn grain for fertilization. Corn is pollinated by wind-blown pollen. • Cornstarch is the endosperm of the corn kernel.