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Driving back from Branson last evening, wife began asking me details about corn; why it is harvested so late, why is it harvested so dry, how do they make corn syrup, WHY do they make corn syrup, what exactly is done with corn????? I tried, but I really don't have all the info.
Help?? Thanks.
 
Corn has to be below about 16% moisture to keep in storage. It is generally most cost efficient to let it dry down in the field. I do not know how they make corn syrup but I suspect they make it because there is a market for it. It is a low cost sugar substitute used in most of our prepared foods. Here is a link to an article on corn syrup production. The left over byproducts from this process are then used for cattle feed. Nothing is wasted or thrown away. Some corn is used for ethanol production. It is ground fine and undergoes a fermenting process to remove the ethanol. Then the left over corn is again used for cattle feed.
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It takes as much sun and heat as available to grow top yielding corn, so we try to make use of the full summer to grow corn, get as much value from the sunshine available. Then it needs to be 15% or so to store for a long time, so we like to let it dry down to less than 20% if we can before harvesting it.

Corn syrip is sort of like an ethanol plant, they take the starch (sugar) out of the corn, leaving a high-protien feed as leftovers. The corn sugar is a thick liquid, and many industries seem to like this type of sugar, it is easier for them to handle the liquid clear sugar.

But most all field corn, or the residue left from making ethanol, sugar, etc, goes to feeding livestock. Some corn is exported to other countries. But most all of it ends up being feed to hogs or cattle.

It is high in energy and medium in protien, it stores easily, it is easy to transport and handle. This makes it a mostly a very valuable feed for livestock.

Paul
 
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