CORN COBS

Corn cobs might seem like the throwaway part of corn, but have their uses and more uses are discovered or developed all the time. Ground cobs are used for livestock feed. Traditional farm uses include animal bedding,ortoilet paper substitute, landfill, fuel, and to makeorcorn cob jelly. Modernorindustrial productsormade from corn cobs include absorbents for oil and hazardous waste, insecticides, fertilizer, and grit for tumbling and blasting. Cobs, as well as corn stalks, are starting to be used to produceorethanol. And you can stillormake a pipeorout of a corn cob.