Corn has a storied and prominent place in human history. Early farmers first domesticated it 10,000 years ago in what is now Mexico. People began planting and breeding teosinte – the ancestor of ...
Corn is native to the Americas, and is a critical component of Indigenous diets across both the North American and South American continents. It appears in Indigenous diets across the South: The ...
It is hard to imagine a world without corn. It sweetens our sodas, fuels our cars, fattens our livestock, and forms the core of countless meals. Whether you are biting into a buttery cob at a summer ...
Corn is truly an a-maize-ing grain. It is self-pollinating, remarkably responsive to hybridization, adaptable to a wide range of environments, outstrips the yields of other food plants and ...
Perhaps responsible for a lot of dental work, Corn Nuts has a been an all-American snack for almost 90 years. But before it was commercialized in 1936, its prototype, "parched corn," can be traced ...
ANDOVER -- Mention the name Luther Hill to old timers and their thoughts immediately turn to Luther Hill Corn -- the sweet corn developed by a former Sussex County superintendent of schools following ...
USDA is currently projecting near-record yields for the 2018 corn and soybean crops, but whether or not that actually comes to fruition will depend on nighttime temperatures here on out. According to ...
Along with your next perfect ear of summer corn, we thought you might like to learn something about the vegetable we Americans can't seem to get enough of. A little history The word "corn" comes from ...
(WHTM) — You either love it or you hate it — but regardless of that have you ever wondered how exactly Candy Corn came to be what it is today? Here is a little history lesson on the history of Candy ...