FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the crop is used domestically as the main energy ingredient in livestock feed and for fuel ethanol production. Corn is also processed into a multitude of food and industrial products including starch, sweeteners, corn oil, and beverage and industrial alcohols.

Detailed explanation-2: -Field corn, also known as cow corn, is a North American term for maize (Zea mays) grown for livestock fodder (silage), ethanol, cereal, and processed food products.

Detailed explanation-3: -Currently 98 percent of gasoline in the U.S. contains some ethanol, most commonly 10 percent, or E10. For the last decade, ethanol has helped keep corn in high demand, and made it the most-planted U.S. crop. In fact, roughly 40 percent of all corn is now used to make ethanol.

Detailed explanation-4: -The proportions are even more striking in the United States, where just 27 percent of crop calories are consumed directly-wheat, say, or fruits and vegetables grown in California. By contrast, more than 67 percent of crops-particularly all the soy grown in the Midwest-goes to animal feed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Field corn has dozens of uses, but it is most commonly fed to animals or used to make renewable fuels like ethanol to power our cars and trucks.