what is the processing of sweet corn to corn flakes??What are the farming practices necessary for maximum yield of sweet corn?Growing sweet corn is no different than growing regular corn. Plant it in a good well drained soil, see that it gets enough moisture and fertility, and keep the weeds and insects under control. You can use organic fertilizer and other practices if that is your wish. You should not run into any environmental problems if you use sound agriculture practices. Corn flakes are not made from sweet corn, they are made from regular dent corn. The flakes are made from the hard kernel of the grain, which is mixed with other ingredients such as water and sugar and then cooked and flattened.What are the farming practices necessary for maximum yield of sweet corn?It's been years but I remember a couple of things related to sweet corn production. Because it's wind pollinated it has to be mass planted to ensure maximum pollination. Male flowers (pollen) emerge and mature before the female flowers so plant in stages. No overhead irrigation (rainbirds) only furrow irrigation especially after the emergence of the pollen flowers. It takes a lot of water. Good spray program for borers (ear worms) and smut (a fungus). It's a fast grower so have readily available nutrients (fertilizers) well-incorporated into the soil before seeding.What are the farming practices necessary for maximum yield of sweet corn?Well first thing you'd do is use genetically modified BT sweet corn.
And you'd irrigate.
And you'd control the weeds completely. Lot's of migrants would work but some herbicides cuts the crew down in size considerably. If you are good with the herbicides you can eliminate the migrants.
And fertilizer. If you could have a bunch of litter from a chicken barn or hog or beef manure, it works well. Though you can get reduced production under some circumstances. But in any case, long term, you'd like a fair amount of manure.
Depending on the variety you'd likely need some fungicides, and maybe some additional insecticides.
And it would be very nice if it hadn't been corn for two years. Cuts down on disease and pests like corn rootworm.
And there's a variety of ways to fight the deer and coons, some of which are even legal. A couple good dogs really helps but nights can get pretty loud.
And hopefully the dog will keep the bears and hogs from moving in. Yield rapidly goes to zero where they live.
And don't forget people, it's easy to tell when it's ready, someone will be selling it down on the highway selling your crop at a pretty reasonable price. In any case you can't let the theives get too much if you are going to maximize production.
Often too you need to stagger seeding dates or have multiple varieties, and you have to make sure they are compatible or you can end up with corn that isn't too good.
If you are trying to run a factory with it. You have special harvestors to pick the cobs and the entire cob is taken to the factory where the corn is removed from the cob. If you are selling cob corn you pick it with the husk on and sell it as is.
Now as far as corn flakes. You don't use sweet corn for that. You basically take regular dent corn, and you mash it. That is you grind it, add water and cook it. Just like making wiskey only you don't need to do it as long, and you don't need the rye and barley malt.
Anyway, when it kind of goes blup and hot corn want to fly up and take out your eyes it's ready. You need a hot griddle, and the flakes are just drops of mush that spread out when they hit the griddle and cook almost instantly,so you splatter the griddle, brush off the flakes, splatter the griddle and so on. Of course the factories do it in a huge continuous line.
Environmental problems? Well the destruction of the entire world. Ozone depletion, global warming, erosion, depletion of water and mineral resources. Moral torment for people who want to get that corn and not pay for it. Noise pollution from barking dogs and gunshots, and occassionally something dies that you have no quarrel with but it got in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Other than that, no real environmental problems.
Marv
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