Early growth / shoots of cereal crop Zea mays. For food security / growing food. Growing sweetcorn in the UK, food growing in the field, crop pattern.

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A lot of the sweetcorn grown commercially by UK farmers is grown as animal feed, rather than for human consumption (as in corn on the cob). What this crop was destined for is unknown.

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: mid-Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - agriculture / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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