Talk:Corn production in the United States

Possible bad footnote/reference? There's a line from the article that reads: According to reports only 1% of all corn produced is eaten. But the reference/footnote for it is http://www.cornfarmerscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-Corn-Fact-Book-Part-2-Family-Corn-Farmers.pdf and in that .PDF, I can't find where it says how only 1% of all corn produced is eaten. Could someone else verify this as well?Although i am super smart???????? 71.35.214.81 (talk) 03:39, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * 1% eaten by humans - that sounds about right. Probabaly somewhat less. --66.41.154.0 (talk) 08:13, 7 September 2013 (UTC)


 * That 1% figure may have come from a chart like the one at http://www.ethanolrfa.org/exchange/entry/understanding-the-2011-planting-outlook-ethanol-and-food-pricing/ Cereal (and other) constitutes 1%.  Charts for other years have this showing at about 1.6%.  Regardless, it is small.  --Aflafla1 (talk) 06:15, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Etymology section
... thus, in England "corn" refers to wheat, and in Scotland and Ireland it refers to oats.

Since when?! This is absolutely not the case. If it ever were, it must have been back during the War or something. In Britain we get corn in cans, packets and on the cob. It's yellow and looks like maize. That's mainly because it is maize but also because it's maize. But we don't like saying "maize"; we say "corn". We also have cornmeal, which is yellowish and very different from oatmeal, which is whitish. I've removed the offending clause as, even if it's a quote from an food encyclopaedia, it's simply wrong. 78.149.26.158 (talk) 15:02, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Corn exports inconsistent
In the lead paragraph, it says 20% of corn is exported, but in chart down lower it gives it as 11%. It appears there may be a 1 year difference between the sources, but that doesn't explain such a large change. Which is right? Nerfer (talk) 13:42, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Corn by state
What is the purpose of this section? I can see talking about the corn belt, but beyond that a few states are apparently picked at random with some anecdotal statements being made about them, no real facts. I propose removing or combining those states. Nerfer (talk) 14:19, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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Please. This entry ought to include a section on ecological effects of corn crop momoculture. Nitrogen runoff and red tides. The use of glyphosate and GMO. Soil depletion. Water pollution. etc. RleeWallace (talk) 15:56, 17 September 2021 (UTC)