Corn is a cereal grain that is the most widely planted commercial crop in America. Corn is a part of our everyday lives. It accounts for almost 10 percent of worldwide plantings, and almost 5 percent of all agricultural land usage. Is corn bad for the environment?

Corn requires large amounts of fertilizers and pesticides to grow properly, producing both soil erosion and water pollution from runoff. In addition, modern corn crops are genetically modified with DNA from other species, making corn highly resistant to diseases.

This has led to increased use of fertilizers and pesticides to achieve commercial corn crops production levels to achieve market prices on the corn industry.