How to Use field corn in a Sentence

field corn

noun
  • The hills are thick with field corn, much of it an eye-popping 10 feet high.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Each year, the farm plants acres of field corn then plows down winding paths to form a pattern and a puzzle.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The soybeans are being harvested now and field corn will soon follow.
    — Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The rest is mostly field corn, which is used to make biofuels, animal feed and food additives.
    — Deepak Ray, The Conversation, 13 May 2022
  • Planting for sweet corn is a little different than commercial field corn or popcorn.
    — Nyssa Kruse, Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2019
  • The sweet corn huitlacoche tastes sweeter than the usual huitlacoche that grows on field corn, which tends to have an earthy flavor.
    — Jordan Nutting, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The other three acres are rented out to a local farmer for soybeans and field corn alternatively.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Some farmers were forced to wait until early June to begin planting their field corn, two months later than normal.
    — Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The end of popcorn maturation will also be late, potentially up against an early frost like field corn.
    — Nyssa Kruse, Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2019
  • Historically in the Levant, field corn was grown then dried and made into a coarse flour that was used to make breads called karadeesh.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Most of the corn in the United States is field corn—around 99 percent—but only seed corn is detasseled.
    — Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
  • In the traditional Three Sisters Garden, field corn was used as the central crop.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Hemmed in by rows of DeKalb field corn, the field affects an old-timey appearance, with faux wood scrims pasted onto the outfield’s padded walls.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Seasonal Recipes Native Americans made succotash from field corn and wild beans.
    — Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
  • One of the studies analyzed field corn, lettuce and tomatoes grown in soil fertilized with MWRD sludge.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022
  • Unlike field corn varieties, which are harvested when the kernels are dry and mature (the dent stage), sweet corn is picked when the kernels are still tender (the milk stage) and prepared and eaten as a vegetable, rather than a grain.
    — Cassie Armstrong, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 June 2018
  • Epyrifenacil will be allowed for use on canola, field corn, soybeans and wheat; diflufenican for use on corn and soybeans; and trifludimoxazin for use on various crops including citrus, corn, peanuts and soybeans.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 1 July 2026
  • Kevin Costner introduced it, chirping crickets contributed to the soundtrack and the Sox nearly blew the game in the ninth inning before winning on Tim Anderson’s walk-off home run into the right-field corn.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021

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