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  2. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The production of corn (Zea mays mays, also known as "maize") plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The US is the largest corn producer in the world, with 96,000,000 acres (39,000,000 ha) of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth is dominated by west/north central Iowa and east central Illinois. Approximately 13% of ...

  3. Corn Belt - Wikipedia

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    Railroad grain elevator facilities (2014) 110 or greater grain car 100 to 109 Less than 99 Announced facility (2014) Map of U.S. states in the Corn Belt The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States and part of the Southern United States that, since the 1850s, has dominated corn production in the United States.

  4. List of countries by corn production - Wikipedia

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    The following are international Maize (corn) production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT statics The quantities of corn (maize, Zea mays) in the following table are in million metric tonnes (m STs, m LTs). All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 10 million t (11 million short ...

  5. USDA increases US corn production estimate, cuts stocks - AOL

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    The USDA forecasts the 2024/25 corn crop to be the third-largest in U.S. history and said corn end stocks would still be the largest in six years as of September USDA increases US corn production ...

  6. Pro Farmer Crop Tour projects corn record yield for Iowa - AOL

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    The Pro Farmer Crop Tour found ideal growing conditions could supercharge Iowa's corn yield

  7. Agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, agriculture is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG), behind the energy sector. [62] Direct GHG emissions from the agricultural sector account for 8.4% of total U.S. emissions, but the loss of soil organic carbon through soil erosion indirectly contributes to emissions as well. [63]

  8. Pace, size of corn and soybean harvest across Iowa, Midwest ...

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    The harvest of the record-large soybean crop was 67% complete by Oct. 13, the fastest pace since 2012, when a major drought limited production. Jeff O'Connor, who grows corn and soybeans near ...

  9. List of belt regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Corn Belt, midwestern and southern states where corn is the primary crop; Cotton Belt, southern states where cotton is or was a primary crop; Fruit Belt, an area where fruit growing is prominent, specially oranges at the state of Florida and grapes at California