A corn stalk with however many ears generates far more waste than the edible kernels. Any ideas on how to use the corn cob, husks, and stalks for other than composte?
I hear in olden days corn cobs were used for personal hygiene (in the form of TP)... perhaps we should return to that... Sheryl Crow and Al Gore would be so proud!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
The other parts are not wasted. They are incorporated back into the soil where they act as a fertilizer at least in commercial farming. In corn grown for silage the entire plant aside from the very bottom of the stock and the roots is used for cattle feed.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
The dude had a whole slew of data to support his position. It was interesting, because it demonstrated that many of the "new crops" brought across from the Old World were nothing compared to the New World foods... and how the Old World benefitted greatly from discovering America, while the New World pretty much got hammered. :(
--Ray
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Hello? The Indians wouldn't have their Casinos. You call that getting hammered or should I say Hummered because that's what they're all driving now that they have the monopoly on gambling in my state.
But, but... when you look at an acre of wheat, there's like so much MORE of it. Ya know? I wonder how many tortillas you could make off an acre of wheat versus an acre of corn?
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
I was looking around... That question is really hard to answer. Yields from an acre of corn varies widely by region depending on irrigation vs. rainfall, available sun, nighttime temperatures. Not to mention that yields have been steadily increasing every year due to genetic engineering and production technology.
(*puts on serious face like she really knows what she's talking about instead of just randomly cruising Google*)
Also, after you've gotten all the corn meal for your tortillas, you'll still have a bunch of other stuff leftover to use for animals and cornflakes.
Isn't all the potential cornflake stuff gone in the cornmeal? What are cornflakes made out of exactly? The silkie stuff? You can still use the wheat stems for... straw.
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
I guess corn meal is dry milling, as opposed to the wet milling. With wet milling you get 'gluten meal' and other stuff. The stalks are used to make corn sweetener and corn oil, I understand.
(My mom is SO into UFOs and aliens... oh, my gosh. I want to get her a little vinyl alien for her Towncar, but I think it would piss my dad off too much.)
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
I think they would be too small to show up on the google earth. There is a government facility though right where all the nut jobs say it is. I just wish they would finally admit that it's all a part of the Star Gate program and be done with it. I for one really want to take my next vacation via the Star Gate Worm Hole.
You can still use the wheat stems for... straw. 
