Corn types
Dent Corn -- Also known as ....
Field Corn
Head on the combine needed for wheat
Grain head or grain platform
Dries out and makes dent
Endosperm
W state
Wisconsin
anchor the plant
Roots
Harvested at milk stage ehn kernels are tender
Sweet Corn
Where is the only state-owned flour mill?
North Dakota
Outer protective covering
Pericarp
I States
Iowa & Illinois
Responsible for photosynthesis
Leaves
Popcorn
Why is germ separated from flour?
The fat decreases the self life
attachment point, entry path for water and nutrients
Tip Cap
O state
Ohio
Outer Covering
Bran
Hard Kernel that can be ground for cooking
Flint Corn
Wheat flour is made for the kernels, seeds are made from
also the kernel
Embryo, genetic information, corn oil
Germ
K states
Kansas & Kentucky
embryo sprouting section
germ
Used in baked goods, kernel is soft
Flour Corn
What is better for you whole White bread or wheat bread? Why?
whole wheat - because the bran and germ are removed in white
Best village in the Iowa-Grant School District
Cobb
M & N states
Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri & Nebraska
energy for the young wheat plant
endosperm