corn farming
Growing yellow kernels
Corn farming is the agricultural practice of cultivating maize, one of the world's most widely grown crops.
In the United States, corn farming dominates the Midwest, producing grain for animal feed, ethanol, and processed foods: His family has been corn farming in Iowa for three generations.
The term emphasizes the activity rather than the crop itself.
- silageFermented crop fodder
- detasselingHybrid seed pollination control
- irrigation systemsFarm water distribution infrastructure
- combine harvesterAll-in-one grain gatherer
- soil preparationReadying earth for planting
family farm · crop rotation · amber waves · tractor · ethanol · pest management · drought resistance · rainfall patterns · growing season · livestock feed · cash crop · agriculture · plow · rows · soil fertility · seed drill · weed control · farmland
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, crop yields
- primary industriesforestry, ranching, quarrying, aquaculture, lumbering
- Grain Industryflour milling, cereal production, grain storage, silos, granaries
- Midwest Economygrain elevators, farm equipment, John Deere, meatpacking, auto manufacturing
- Southern IowaLee County, Centerville, Leon, Bloomfield, Bonaparte
- American Farmingfamily farms, wheat, hay, farmsteads, beef cattle
corn farmingrice farming
Cultivating aquatic grain crops
cotton farming · tobacco farming · potato farming · vegetable farming · vegetable gardening
corn farmingwild foraging
Harvesting uncultivated edibles
hunting and gathering · cattle ranching · sheep herding · fishing · aquaculture
corn farmingurban living
Residing in a city
city life · factory work · office work · industrial manufacturing · suburban development