Corn! How expensive is corn where you live? I love fresh corn!

@TheHorse (231319)

Walnut Creek, California

October 12, 2025 4:32pm CST

I understand that prices for beef and vegetables have gone way up in recent months. But one thing I can still get "for a song" is corn. I bought several ears of corn for 49 cents an ear at Safeway yesterday. Corn is grown in and around Brentwood CA, less than 20 miles to the East of where I live. International tariffs are not affecting the price of corn here. At least not to my knowledge.

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@lovebuglena (47890)

• Staten Island, New York

16h

Sometimes when it’s on sale we can get it at 5 for $1 where I live.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

15h

That's awesome! Do you know where it is grown?

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

15h

@lovebuglena Just enjoy.

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@lovebuglena (47890)

• Staten Island, New York

15h

@TheHorse I have no idea. I’m in NYC. I’d reckon perhaps somewhere in NJ but could be wrong.

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@FourWalls (79355)

• United States

18h

I don’t know because I can’t eat corn. One thing I truly miss from my diet.

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@FourWalls (79355)

• United States

14h

@TheHorse — IBS things best not explicitly described.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

15h

What does corn do to you?

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

37m

@FourWalls Understood.

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@snowy22315 (197324)

• United States

14h

Not expensive .in the summer you can sometimes get 4 ears for a dollar

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@snowy22315 (197324)

• United States

21m

@TheHorse Virginia .probably pretty cheap anywhere in the South

@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

26m

Where in the US is that? In Montana, I am "PC" and buy from the Amish when I can.

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@May2k8 (18966)

• Indonesia

10h

The price of corn varies greatly depending on the type, location and stock. Corn is still relatively cheap here, with prices ranging from less than $1 per kilogram up to $1.5 per kilogram.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

Just now

I wonder how much an ear of corn weighs.

@marguicha (228754)

• Chile

11h

In season it has a reasonable price here but not a the supermarket. You have to go to the farmer´s market where it is better and cheaper. I love it with butter and salt.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

24m

Butter and a bit of salt. Exactly.

@NJChicaa (124994)

• United States

19h

fresh corn is long gone around here

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

19h

How far are you from where corn is grown?

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@NJChicaa (124994)

• United States

19h

@TheHorse We grow corn here in Jersey. It is amazing. It just is out of season now.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

15h

@NJChicaa We still have it right now.

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@jstory07 (146070)

• Roseburg, Oregon

10h

It is 2 for $1 here and corn is grown here.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

21m

Sounds like what we are currently experiencing here.

@LadyDuck (484814)

• Italy

5h

And who pick up the corn now that the immigrants have been thrown out of your country? They were very cheap, local workers are a lot more expensive.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

Just now

I do not know Not ALL Mexicans have left California.

@wolfgirl569 (123491)

• Marion, Ohio

19h

It's higher than that here. Or was this summer. At the auction a dozen was 10 dollars and up

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

15h

Dang!

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@Fleura (32838)

• United Kingdom

7h

I haven't noticed a big price increase here either. Of course tariffs are not the only issue affecting prices - there are also things like the price of fertiliser, cost of labour etc.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

Just now

Those things can be affected by tarriffs. I am just enjoying local produce while I can.

@AliCanary (3400)

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2h

Yep, corn is super easy to grow, although it does take a lot of nutrients out of the soil. That's why farmers usually grow soybeans too, to replenish their fields. I love corn! My dad used to grow it and we would shuck the fresh ears.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

27m

That's how they did it in Iowa, where I went to college. Corn one year. Soy the next. I think that nitrogen, whatever that is, was one of the things that corn gobbled up, and beans replaced.

Dr Souvik Chatterji

@sathviksouvik (21621)

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9h

in india corn is seasonal. People call them bhoota and majorly become available during july to october. Ofcourse the corn powder is used to make a flour called makka

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

19m

When I eat my naan, is that from corn or another crop?

@porwest (109109)

• United States

3h

I don't really buy fresh corn, so I really don't know, but I know it's generally about 25 to 40 cents an ear. We do live in the corn belt here, though.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

22m

Same here. So most of what we get is local.

@MarieCoyle (49550)

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15h

The cheapest I saw all season was a truck that parked in one of our strip malls, and sold their corn for $7 dozen. Last summer it was $5 a dozen. It's fresh and delicious, but to me that is a lot for corn. I have a friend who brought us some several times that he grew, it was delicious.

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@TheHorse (231319)

• Walnut Creek, California

15h

I am cooking up some fresh corn for "dinner."

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@GardenGerty (166027)

• United States

5m

Corn is not expensive here, but I do not buy it, so I cannot quote a price for you.

@LindaOHio (203076)

• United States

6h

I had heard that corn on the cob was very expensive here. I don't know for sure.

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@jefferson126 (3577)

• Shenzhen, China

10h

Here the corn are inexpensive,and the price stay stable all the time.It's good the corn keep cheap there.

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