Here's how they vary in their uses, flavor profiles, and growing practices. When most people think of corn, sweet corn comes to mind—the fresh corn on the cob we like to boil or grill and ...

Ear count, not just population, makes corn yield ... to the V6 growth stage,” says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. “Dig to find seeds or plants before the evidence is lost.” ...

Of the 220 native corn varieties that exist in the world, 59 of them are grown in Mexico. Therefore, researcher Francisco Javier Ugalde Acosta, coordinator of Outreach at the National Institute of ...