Corn Facts!

• An average ear of corn has 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows.
• Corn always has an even number of rows on each ear.
• There is one piece of silk per kernel of corn.
• Each tassel releases 5 million grains of pollen.
• Each corn plant is male and female. The silk is female, while the tassel is male.
• Corn is grown on every continent except for Antarctica.
• Corn is thought to have been domesticated in 6700 BC in Mexico.
• Corn consumption breaks down like this:
  • Mexico – 400 pounds annually per person.
  • USA – 160 pounds annually per person.
  • India – 15 pounds annually per person
• 2005 corn production looks like this:
  • World production – 686 million metric tons.
  • USA production – 282 million metric tons.
• One bushel of corn makes:
  • 33 pounds of sweetener
  • 32 pounds of starch OR
  • 2.5 gallons ethanol fuel.
• One bushel of corn also makes approximately 400 cans of soda.
• One bushel of corn fed to livestock produces:
  • 5.6 pounds of retail beef
  • 13 pounds of retail pork
  • 32 pounds of chicken OR
  • 28 pounds of catfish.
• Cookie Jarvis, a competitive eater, holds the record for corn on the cob. He ate 33.5 pounds ears in 12 minutes.

Quite a catch ladies, am I right? Hubba-Hubba. (This is not a picture of Cookie Jarvis).