What happens to all the cobs after the millions of tons of corn are harvested?

Question

What are they used for?

Answer 1

Most corn cobs are left in the field after the combine has removed the kernals off of the cobs.  The cobs are simply left to decompose into the field acting as a natural fertilizer.  Some cobs are fed to hogs or cattle, but this practice is not as common with large feed yards and high production hog facilities.

Answer 2

Some of them are also processed into floor dry to soak up oil spills and other liquids in industry.

Answer 3

Cellulose makes great ethanol, and the cobs are ground for other industrial uses, too.

Answer 4

they get sent to arkansas for use as tolietpaper

Answer 5

If you are talking about field corn, where only the kernels are removed Ryan is correct.

If you are talking about sweet corn harvested for direct human consumption, ie: canned corn, frozen corn, etc. the corn shuck, cob, etc.. everything but the actual kernels go out the end of the processing plant, loaded into trucks and hauled to a silage pit, compacted with big heavy equipment, and “composted” for silage and fed to cattle. This is a great source of feed for cattle. Keep in mind everything is wet and sloppy (like fresh pea harvesting) not dry and hard like field corn harvested “dry” with combines.

Answer 6

Hunter use some of them for tp when they're out it the field

Answer 7

they are used to feed animals or fertalize other crops

Answer 8

With the modern corn sheller used to harvest corn today the cobs are broken up and returned to the field.  Only the shelled kernels of corn are removed at harvest.  The cobs as well as the stalk and other parts of the plant are returned to the field as organic matter.

Answer 9

Ground up and left in the field