The Maize Crop in Pakistan

Maize belongs to the grass family and is one of the most important grains in the world and is mainly used for human food, poultry, livestock feed. Maize is the world's best yield grain crop for developing countries (Shafique et al., 2011) as the rapidly increasing population of developing countries deprives existing food supplies. The main producers of corn are the USA, China, Brazil, India, Argentina, Indonesia, Ukraine. The plantation area of ​​the world is 159,531 thousand hectares, and the production volume is 885,289 kilotonnes (FAO 2011).

Corn is the most widely grown edible crop in the Americas, and the US acreage area in 2014 was 361 million tons (production table). Approximately 40% (130 million tons) of crops are used in corn ethanol. Genetically modified maize accounted for 85% of the US corn area in 2009. Sugar-rich varieties are called sweet corn and are usually grown as seeds for human consumption, but Field Corn varieties are used for animal feed and human foods for a variety of corn. Usage (including crushing to corn meal or masa, pressing of corn oil, fermentation and distillation in alcoholic beverages such as bourbon), and as a chemical raw material

Corn is an important crop all over the world. Corn is the third biggest grain in Pakistan, next to wheat and rice. Although the use of corn for direct human consumption is decreasing in Pakistan, its use in the feed and wet grinding industry is growing at a faster rate than expected. At the moment, Pakistan is planting enough corn to meet domestic demand, there is no surplus or shortage of corn supply. In addition to potatoes and corn, Pakistan is currently the most profitable, most stable and reliable crop. (Tariq et al., 2010). Corn cobs and corn leaves are one of the most abundant and important agricultural waste in maize cultivation, accounting for 50% of corn seed production. You can boil immature maize cobs and eat them as corn cobs, remove grain, eat as vegetables, or canned. A more mature corn cob has been burned. The corn cob is used as a fuel to absorb pork products and is also a source of charcoal (Sultana et al.

Corn is the main source of livestock feed and feed. It feeds livestock in various ways. When it is used as grain, dry grains are used as feed. They are usually kept in corn cobs to store in corn cribs or you can make shells to store in cereal boxes. Farms that consume feed can be produced, purchased on the market, or some of them can be purchased. When cereals are used as feed, the remaining plants (corn stalks) can later be used as feed, litter (padding) or soil conditioner. When using the whole corn plant (grain + stem and leaf) as a feed, digestibility and palatability of the silage form are higher than dry form, so usually silage it at a time. Corn silage is one of the most valuable feeds for ruminants. Prior to large-scale silage, the traditional way is to collect corn in the shock and further dry after harvesting.