What an absolute shame. Without compounding your misery though, its amazing how animals know what to eat and when. The deer waiting for the ears to develop before munching them off and they obviously have a preference for popcorn over getting high!
I also notice you mentioned milling. If you do ever get any corn, I'd love to see the milling processes, that would be really intersting.
Best wishes for a better growing season next time around, being out in the fresh air in such beautiful surroundings is reward in itself :-)
Right now our corn milling process isn't very interesting at all... just mortar and pestle to grind enough for the occasional tortilla. I do intend to get a small hand operated mill once we're growing more grains, and I will definitely post about it when that happens!