Dent Corn

So yeah I'm very tired tonight, and not too much happened today. Well, I did meet a bunch of the people who are involved in this whole residency program and they are all very nice and passionate, like all midwesterners. We've got some thangs to figure out but anyway, you should learn about corn now:

Dent Corn

Dent corn, getting its name from the dent in the crown of the seed, is grown more than any other type of corn. Millions of tons of grain are produced from dent corn, and is used for human and industrial use, and for livestock feed. The starch reaches the summit of the seed, and the sides are also starchy. The denting is caused by the drying and shrinking of the starch. The dent corn grown in the Corn Belt came from a mix of New England flints and gourseed (an old variety of corn grown by the Indians in southeaster North America).



When I don't have anything interesting to say I will teach you about corn, because THAT is really interesting.