Everything is used

The corn in our fields is used mainly as livestock feed; a smaller proportion becomes biogas, and another becomes corn starch for people to eat. We distinguish between silage corn and grain corn. KWS offers both.

The difference only becomes apparent when the crop is harvested: silage corn is harvested as a whole plant when it is still green and chopped into small pieces and preserved in silos. The silage can be fed to cattle all year round or used in biogas plants to generate electricity and heat.

In the case of yellowish-brown, dry grain corn, only corn kernels are harvested in late fall. The rest of the plant remains on the field and supports humus formation. Grain corn is fed to cattle, pigs and poultry as well as used industrially as biofuel and corn starch.

• Corn oil
• Corn flour and semolina for tortillas, polenta
• Corn starch is base for compostable garbage bags, packaging balls, play corn with water like plasticine
• Corn beers (USA)