Iowa Corn Fed

Iowa’s corn growers grow more corn than most countries ... Corn ethanol production produces 80,000 cornfed jobs in Iowa ... Corn ethanol at the pump saves you an average of 45 cents per gallon ... One bushel of corn weighs about 56 pounds; that means U.S. farmers produce an average of 9,000 pounds of corn per acre...The U.S. produces about 40 percent of the world's corn - using only 20 percent of the total area harvested...From one bushel of corn you can make 32 pounds of starch, OR 33 pounds of sweetener, OR 2.8 gallons of ethanol fuel, AND 11.4 pounds of gluten feed, AND 3 pounds of gluten meal, AND 1.6 pounds of corn oil... According to the USDA, one acre of corn removes about 8 tons of carbon dioxide from the air in a growing season, and - at 180 bushels per acre - produces enough oxygen to supply a year's needs for 131 people...Corn is produced on every continent of the world except Antarctica...

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