Makes me want to go out and buy some Mazola.
I grew up in NW Florida and no matter how careful you were, your corn would always have corn worms, I guess they are called corn borers in the tip of the ears. I mean every ear would have them.
It wasn’t quite as bad as it sounds as you could simply chop off that last couple of inches which would usually not have any useful corn on it anyway.
When I lived in Western Kansas, every single ear of corn would be perfect. Never any damage at all. Also their corn was really good.
Farm fresh Wisconsin sweet corn, oh how I miss you in the dead of winter.
Heh, “maize, what you call corn.” I hated those effin’ ads, but kinda wanted to jump on the spokesmodel. Around here there were bumperstickers for MSU fans, “You call it maize, I CALL IT CORN” (U of M has school colors maize and blue).
The corn borer, oddly enough, is from Europe. I’d be surprised if the winters in Kansas are not the main reason for what you experienced.
GMO corn: An organic farmer’s best friend?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/genetically-modified-crops-corn-agriculture-economics-borer.html