CORN FOR ENERGY

• Corn and two other grains, rice and wheat, provide the chief of energy in the. Human diet
• Farmers use large quantities of corn grain, as well as corn stalks and other parts of corn plants, to feed livestock.
• Corn grain provides an especially rich source of starch.
• Starch is a carbohydrate, a nourishing substance in food that gives the body energy.
• Corn also supplies fats and protein.
• In many less developed countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia,corn forms a major part of the human diet.
• Therefore, a large number of people in those countries can suffer from protein malnutrition if an alternative protein source is not available.
• Corn provides a major livestock feed in many countries.
• In the U.S.A, about half the corn grain harvested each year becomes feed for hogs, cattle, sheep, and poultry.

BIOFUELS

• Biofuel is a renewable resource.
• People say that biofuels are better because the carbon dioxide they produce is taken up when new biofuels crops are grown.
• Biofuels produce less smoke and soot.
• Biofuel is made from feedstock.
• About 25 billion gallons of ethanol are made each year for fuel.

ENERGY FROM CROPS

• Biofuels can be derived from aleg,wood,animal wastes, and straw without nessicssarly redusing the food supply
• Most of the USA's energy is from corn.

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