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The '''Corn Belt''' is part of the [[Midwest]] that produces most of the [[corn]] in the [[United States]].<ref>[https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Crops_County/cr-pr.php USDA map of corn production by county]</ref> This regions consists of the following, ranked by their corn production:<ref>https://www.cropprophet.com/us-corn-production-by-state/</ref> | The '''Corn Belt''' is part of the [[Midwest]] that produces most of the [[corn]] in the [[United States]].<ref>[https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Crops_County/cr-pr.php USDA map of corn production by county]</ref> This regions consists of the following, ranked by their corn production:<ref>https://www.cropprophet.com/us-corn-production-by-state/</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 01:48, April 2, 2023
The Corn Belt is part of the Midwest that produces most of the corn in the United States.[1] This regions consists of the following, ranked by their corn production:[2]
- Iowa
- Illinois (has the top 5 counties in the Nation for corn production: McLean County at 71M bushels, and then Iroquois, Livingston, LaSalle, and Champaign counties[3])
- eastern Nebraska
- southern Minnesota
- western Indiana
- eastern Kansas
- South Dakota
- Ohio
- Missouri
- Wisconsin
While the United States continues to be the largest producer of corn in the world, China increasingly competes by ramping up its corn production. Chin imports corn from the United States and Ukraine, and due to the Russia-Ukraine war China increased its imports of corn from the U.S.