Whole kernel means the kernel is not split or separated into halves, and the kernel contour is not more than materially affected by a missing portion or portions, and not more than one-fourth of the kernel is chipped off or missing.
What is the name for yellow dent variety corn?
Dent corn, also known as grain corn, is a type of field corn with a high soft starch content. It received its name because of the small indentation, or dent, at the crown of each kernel on a ripe ear of corn. Reids Yellow Dent is a variety developed by central Illinois farmer James L. Reid.
What kind of corn has white and yellow kernels?
Bicolor Sweetcorn The yellow color is dominant, so about 75% of the kernels will be yellow, with the remaining 25% white. This process to create multi-colored ears does not use any non-traditional breeding techniques, just cross pollination in fields to create the final product.
What frozen corn was recalled?
Twin City Foods, Inc. just announced a voluntary recall of individually quick-frozen Super Sweet Cut Corn and mixed vegetables containing corn that include Traditional Favorites and Meal-Ready Sides from Kroger and Food Lion.
Are frozen corn kernels healthy?
If you cant shop frequently, frozen vegetables are fantastic, and frozen corn is as nutrient-dense as what you can get at the farmers market and much more affordable.
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What is a variety of field corn having yellow or white kernels that become indented as they ripen?
Dent corn, also called field corn, is the most widely grown corn in the U.S. It is used primarily for livestock feed, but it is also used in some food products. It contains a mix of hard and soft starches that become indented once the corn is dried, thus the name dent corn.
What type of corn kernel is dent?
Dent corn, primarily grown as animal feed and for food manufacturing, is characterized by a depression in the crown of the kernel caused by unequal drying of the hard and soft starch making up the indentata (dent corn). The plant grows to a height of about three metres or more.
What causes field corn to dent?
The dent stage of corn development (R5) is when the rounded top of the corn kernel develops a depression, or dent (see Image 1). This normally occurs about 800-1000 growing degree days (GDDs), or 35-42 days after silking/pollination but is highly variable and subject to genetics and environment.
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