This is Field Corn, which is sometimes called "Feed Corn" or "Silage Corn." Whereas the corn in yesterday's post was for growing seeds to be planted in later years, this corn is planted just to grow.
And grow it does. It's thick with plant matter in these fields, which is good, because come harvest time the more there is the better. In a seed field only the seeds will be harvested from the corn, but in these fields the whole plant will be chopped up and hauled off to feed to stock animals.
These corn plants are around eight feet tall, and still growing. Contrary to what I said yesterday, they are tasseling out. As you can see above, the ears are small but growing fast.
It's a hot and humid place beneath the leaves of a corn field. It's a bit dark too, as the leaves spread out to catch every ray of light they can. Plants are the original solar powered energy source, but rather than go to your wall to power your stuff, this corn will probably be powering a cow. Somewhere in that process I feel there's another post. Check back often to see if I find it!
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