Grain Belt
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[edit] Grain Belt
The Grain Belt is an informal name for a United States region composed of the prairie-region states across the Midwest.
This region produces a substantial amount of the world's grain and soybeans.
The Grain Belt area includes most if not all of
The Grain Belt includes part of
[edit] Corn Belt
The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has traditionally been the predominant crop. Geographic definitions of the region vary. Typically it is defined to include Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio — approximately 50% of all corn grown in the U.S. is from these four states.[citation needed] The Corn Belt also includes parts of South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, and Kentucky.[citation needed] The region is characterized by relatively level land and deep, fertile soils, high in organic matter.[1]
The map depicts one loose definition of the Corn Belt; a narrower definition starts in central Indiana and Illinois (but not the extreme northern and southern areas of those states; this roughly corresponds to the "prairie peninsula"), through Iowa, with a fringe of Nebraska. Famous lyrics notwithstanding, the Corn Belt does not include Oklahoma.
[edit] See also
- The Breadbasket
- Midwest
- Black Earth Provinces (Russian language equivalent of Grain Belt)
Canadian grain production regions
- Canadian prairies, Canada's 'Breadbasket'
- Palliser's Triangle, Canada's semi-arid grain production region.
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Coordinates: 41°N 90°W / 41°N 90°W
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