Corn Agriculture
The US is both the world's top producer and top consumer of corn. Corn yield increased approximately 8-fold from about 20.5 bushels per acre in 1930 to about 173 bushels per acre in 2022. Corn has replaced rice as the primary grain consume…
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The US is both the world's top producer and top consumer of corn. Corn yield increased approximately 8-fold from about 20.5 bushels per acre in 1930 to about 173 bushels per acre in 2022. Corn has replaced rice as the primary grain consumed in China, reflecting the global spread of processed food manufacturing. The vast majority of US corn is genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant, engineered to survive glyphosate spraying. US government subsidies make corn extraordinarily cheap, creating structural incentives to incorporate corn-derived ingredients into processed foods. Widespread glyphosate use raises health concerns for people consuming corn-derived products and animals fed corn-based feed. Dent corn, the variety used in food manufacturing, is not edible in its natural state and must be industrially processed.