Corn remains the most versatile crop in the United States and the world. From feed for livestock, to corn chips for your kids,to fuel for your automobile, to the manufacturing of plastics, corn touches everyone. And every year new uses are developed that promise to diversify the World of Consumption even more. In 2001, the World of Corn consumed nearly 9.9 billion bushels of corn produced in the United States. While nearly 60 percent of that corn was consumed by hogs, beef cattle, chickens and other animals that make up the U.S. livestock industry, new uses will continue to drive consumption in the future. For example,consumption by the ethanol market grew to 7 percent of the United States' total production in 2001, a market that was nearly nonexistent just 15 years ago. That's just the tip of the iceberg. New technology in development promises to lead to even more diversity of use for corn in the future. Corn: it truly is the world's most versatile Crop.