| Corn is a cereal crop, a member of the grass family. | |
| Corn is grown around the world and is one of the globe's most widely used food staples. | |
| Corn varieties are directly used for food and animal feed or processed to make food and feed ingredients (corn starch and lysine) or industrial products such as ethanol and polylactic acid The two primary methods of processing corn are referred to as "dry" and "wet" milling. |