Corncobs have been processed for over fifty years, and you may be surprised to learn that corncob products are used in over 100 different applications. The most important characteristic of corncob products is their absorbency—their capacity to hold up to four times their weight in fluid. The absorptive quality enables corncob products to be used to clean up industrial or environmental spills, and it also makes the corncob products excellent carriers for vitamins and antibiotics in animal feed or as carriers for herbicides and pesticides in lawn care products.