ISSS608 Group07 Proposal

Corn: The A-maize-ing Crop.

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Corn or Maize (as called in some countries) was first grown in ancient Central America. Corn has become a staple in many parts of the world, providing not only substances that we fill our belly with, but also act as the raw ingredient for corn ethanol, animal feed etc. The United States accounts for about 40% of production of corn in the world [1], which makes it the largest corn producer. The major portion of production is found in the Midwestern states, such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota – these states were grouped and eventually became known as the ‘Corn Belt’. The Corn Belt has about 96,000,000 acres of land just for corn production. The states that make up the Corn Belt were selected due to levelled land, fertile and highly organic soils [2].

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[1] Olson, R. A., & Sander, D. H. (1988). Corn production. Corn and corn improvement, (cornandcornimpr), 639-686.
[2] Smith, C. W. (2004). Corn: origin, history, technology, and production (Vol. 4). John Wiley & Sons.