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Field corn is a North American term for maize (Zea mays) grown for livestock fodder (silage and meal), ethanol, cereal, and processed food products.The principal field corn varieties are dent corn, flint corn, flour corn (also known as soft corn) which includes blue corn (Zea mays amylacea), [1] and waxy corn.
The Kornstier ("corn bull") is a cattle-shaped corn spirit. [6] At Christmas the bull fertilizes the fruit tree. [8] In spring the Kornstier is called Aprilochse ("April ox") or Maiochse ("May ox"). [17] Another cattle-shaped spirit present in the fields in springtime is the Märzenkalb or Märzkalb (both "march calf"). [17]
The adjacent western provinces and northern US states are similar, so the use of corn as cattle feed has been limited at these northern latitudes. As a result, few cattle are raised on corn as a feed. The majority are raised on grass and finished on cold-tolerant grains such as barley. [61] This has become a marketing feature of the beef. [9]
Australian Cattle Dog. A distant cousin of Australia's famous wild dog, the dingo, this breed is endlessly loyal and deeply determined. "Australian cattle dogs are very high-energy dogs, so they ...
mtreasure/Getty Images. 2. Dent. Common Varieties: Blue Ridge White Capped, Jimmy Red, Cocke’s Prolific Best For: flour, coarse grits, livestock Dent corn is a widely grown type of field corn ...
The knee-high field corn at David McKee’s farm in Rougemont is green but stunted this week, its roots clinging to hard, red clay webbed with half-inch cracks and its leaves curled and twisted ...
Most of the corn grown in the United States today is yellow dent corn or a closely related variety derived from it. [2] Dent corn is the variety used in food manufacturing as the base ingredient for cornmeal flour (used in the baking of cornbread), corn chips, tortillas, and taco shells. It is also used to make corn syrup.
Its first chapter discusses selective breeding and domestication of such animals as pigeons, cats, cattle, and dogs. Darwin used artificial selection as an analogy to propose and explain the theory of natural selection but distinguished the latter from the former as a separate process that is non-directed. [2] [3] [4]