How can you tell if a farmer is growing cattle corn or corn for human consumption?

Answer 1

The corn that is feed to cattle is known as field corn. This corn is also used to consumption for humans. It is used in cereals and other starchy products. Silage, which is often feed to cattle (especially dairy cattle) is also field corn, but it is harvested at a higher moisture content and they use the entire plant. Field corn is what you typically see across the country. it is tall and harvested in the fall when the plant becomes brown. Most farmers today take their corn to a elevator to sell the crop. the elevator either uses the grain to make animals feeds themselves or sells the grain to be shipped out and processed for animal feeds or human needs.
Sweet corn is the corn we eat directly from the cob. Field corn can be ate off the cob, but at the time of harvest (fall) it is very hard and needs to be ground.
Human sewage is often used in areas where it is available for fertilizer on corn. My father often uses it.
"Years of research and practice have repeatedly demonstrated that biosolids recycling is safe and the food crops grown on land fertilized with biosolids are safe to eat. The long-term practice of recycling biosolids has been subjected to more than 30 years of intensive careful study. As a result of research and practice showing the safety of biosolids recycling, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and EPA issued a joint policy statement in 1981 that endorsed the use of biosolids on land for producing fruits and vegetables. Then, in 1984, EPA issued a policy statement in the Federal Register that encouraged and endorsed the recycling of biosolids. And again in 1991, EPA was a co-endorser of an Interagency Policy placed in the Federal Register regarding the benefits of using biosolids."

Answer 2

I think we are all wondering, why do you want to know? Don't steal his corn.

If you know your local area, you would know what the farmers grow. It is hard to tell without stripping back the husks, which I don't recommend. Unless you know the difference between the varietial types, as farmer's seed companies often post signs in front of the crops, with the variety name.

One way to tell is watch how it is harvested. Typically human consuption corn is hand-picked, very early in the morning, and for most of the US, corn started coming into harvest a couple of weeks ago and will last through most of August.

Also, look for trucks that pick up the harvest. Where are the from? Is it refrigerator trucks or open bed trucks that just take the ears (human consuption) ? Or is it farm trucks or trucks that take away the whole stalks with the ears? When grown for animal consumption, the whole stalk is usually harvested, and is done so by machine.

He could also be growing indian corn for fall decorations.

The United States DOES NOT allow human waste to be used for ANY purpose, including fertlizing. That poster needs to study up on environmental law.

Answer 3

Basically, there are three types of corn: Sweet corn is a garden crop that is picked at just the right time...the corn contains lots of water, is tender, and tasty...like corn on the cob, or frozen corn, etc.
Pop Corn: special type of corn that is allowed to mature and dry to a specific water content...grown as Pop Corn.
Feed and Meal corn: Large kernal corn that is allowed to fully ripen and dry on the stalk, harvested and shucked by pickers...Used for feed and corn meal. good luck

Answer 4

The answers you're picking up here are too silly for words! I'd suggest you look into it yourself. Field corn and sweet corn are both perfectly edible and tasty, as are the many other varieties of corn. Bet you didn't know that hominy grits is just ground up corn, for example. Human excrement is rarely used in the US, and then only on very small plots such as gardens.

Answer 5

feed corn is usually planted much later in the season... FYI, if you are planning on taking some from his field, you should know that many states allow human waste to be used to fertilize feed corn, while the same cannot be said for that intented for human consumption

Answer 6

they arent the same. corn for people to eat is a different varity then corn they make for feed, or fuel, or anything else. I live on 200 acres and they only thing around me for a couple square miles is corn fields. Its not the kind you eat, its the other kind....and yucky, I have tried it. Corn that you eat, the plants are big a green and lush....the other turns brown before they cut it, and depending on what part of the U.S. you live in, is what kind of corn is grown....

Answer 7

dry harvested corn are mostly cattle corn, yellow or white. Harvested with dry leaves and stems.

Young corn are for human comsumption for grills, cooking, source of oil. Dry milled corn in form of pollenta is also for culinary purposes.

Answer 8

I think sweet corn plants are slightly smaller than regular corn. Just from what I saw personally.

Answer 9

I think they might be pretty much the same. He might sell some and leave some for the cattle. It also depends on if he is a subsistence farmer or an industrial farmer.

Answer 10

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