You are correct. Field corn is (usually) harvested by a giant combine harvester and shucked/processed automatically in the machine, with the kernels dumped int

You are correct. Field corn is (usually) harvested by a giant combine harvester and shucked/processed automatically in the machine, with the kernels dumped into a waiting truck parked alongside. Then it's stored in grain elevators for days, weeks, or months until it's processed for fuel or feed. Sweet corn is (usually) picked by hand on a much smaller scale, left in its natural leafy husk, and transported for retail sale within a week or two. It's a whole different ball game. I'm sure we COULD take big portions of our feed/fuel field corn and grind it into human-ready cornmeal for mush and cornbread, but it wouldn't be a walk in the park :-/