However, of the over 90 million acres of corn planted in the US, sweet corn makes up less than 1% of the total crop. The rest is starchy and dry field corn ... silks at the top—a sign that ...

But what makes sweet corn taste so, well, sweet compared to its sturdy cousin, field corn? The answer comes down to one ...

Three years ago, an aerial view of Carroll County ... “A small fraction of the field corn we grow goes to actual food products such as cornflakes or sweeteners or such,” explains Casner.