Science Specials

Maize | Feeding the World

Special | 7m 22s | Video has closed captioning.

Maize—or “corn”—has a history dating back to the beginning of agriculture, and today is used for everything from livestock feed and human consumption, to the production of starch, sweeteners, corn oil, beverage and industrial alcohol, fuel ethanol, and plastics.

Aired: 07/30/20

Rating: NR

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