field corn
noun
: corn (such as dent corn or flint corn) with starchy kernels that are used especially as livestock feed or processed into food products (such as cornmeal, corn oil, and corn syrup) or ethanol
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Just like field corn, doesn’t need to be talked to in a certain way, doesn’t need the conditions to be perfect, sunlight, shade, water, water content, soil content.
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Adorn it with tasty treats by stapling red ribbon to ears of field corn and hanging them from the branches.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
Not only is field corn an annually renewable crop but using it for new applications such as LYCRA® fiber also helps support local farmers—some third and fourth generation.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
Traditional street corn is more of a field corn.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 May 2021
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Adorn it with tasty treats by stapling red ribbon to ears of field corn and hanging them from the branches.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
Not only is field corn an annually renewable crop but using it for new applications such as LYCRA® fiber also helps support local farmers—some third and fourth generation.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
Traditional street corn is more of a field corn.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 May 2021
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“Field corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20corn. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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