Popcorn is an iconic movie night snack and can be flavored in all sorts of ways. But, what type of corn does popcorn come from and how do you make it pop?

Popcorn husks should be left on the stalk until fully mature. In fact, you want to wait until the stalk and husks are yellow to light brown in color and the kernels are hard and shiny.

One ear of corn offers about 20 grams of carbohydrates, 2.5 grams of fiber and 2.6 grams of protein, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food database.A bag of microwave popcorn, on ...

Plant 8 inches apart in fertile soil and, once stalks emerge, fertilize regularly with a high-nitrogen fertilizer. Corn needs regular heavy watering, so if you’re under watering restrictions you ...

Unless you know the field corn flowering time, plant sweet corn and popcorn at least 300 feet from field corn plots to avoid cross-pollination. Soil temperature is the next consideration.

Corn takes on myriad configurations, from the classic corn on the cob to popcorn to more processed options including corn flour and corn syrup.. How, then, do you classify such a versatile food ...

MASON CITY, Iowa - A single stalk of corn located in front of a Mason City restaurant has left North Iowa farmers puzzled. The 5- to 6-foot-tall plant located in front of the Wild Horse Western ...

Just in time for National Popcorn Day, a new study says that people in what's now Peru were eating the snack 2,000 years earlier than thought.. Coastal peoples were preparing corn-based foods up ...

MASON CITY, Iowa - A single stalk of corn located in front of a Mason City restaurant has left North Iowa farmers puzzled. The 5- to 6-foot-tall plant located in front of the Wild Horse Western ...