Corn Belt - wikipedia Corn Belt `` Grain Belt '' redirects here. For the beer of the same name, see Grain Belt ( beer ). 2010 production of corn in the United States The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States that, since the 1850s, has dominated corn production in the United States. More generally, the concept of the `` Corn Belt '' connotes the area of the Midwest dominated by farming. Many towns in this area are connected to powerful farm organizations with lobbying power. Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 EPA Ecoregion 4 Panoramic view 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Geography There is lack of consensus regarding the constituents of the Corn Belt, although it often includes : Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, southern Michigan, western Ohio, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, southern Minnesota, and parts of Missouri. It also sometimes includes : South Dakota, North Dakota, all of Ohio, Wisconsin, all of Michigan, and Kentucky. The region is characterized by level land, deep fertile soils, and a high organic soil concentration. As of 2008, the top four corn - producing states were Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Minnesota, accounting for more than half of the corn growth in the United States. History On account of new agricultural technology developments between 1860 and 1970, the Corn Belt went from producing mixed crops and livestock into becoming an area focused strictly on wheat - cash planting. After 1970, increased crop and meat production required an export outlet, but global recession and a strong dollar reduced exports and created serious problems even for the best farm managers. In 1956, former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, a pioneer of hybrid seed, declared that the Corn Belt has developed the `` most productive agricultural civilization the world has ever seen ''. Most corn grown today is fed to livestock, especially hogs and poultry. In recent decades soybeans have grown in importance. The U.S. produces 40 % of the world crop. By 1950, 99 % of corn has been grown from hybrids. Epa Ecoregion In 1997, the USEPA published its report on United States ' ecoregions, in part based on `` land use. '' Its `` Level III '' region classification contains three contiguous `` Corn Belt '' regions, Western ( 47 ), Central ( 54 ), and Eastern ( 55 ), stretching from Indiana to eastern Nebraska. Panoramic view Corn fields near Royal, Illinois See also Agriculture and Agronomy portal Geography portal Breadbasket Canadian Prairies, Canada 's ' Breadbasket ' Central Black Earth Region, segment of the Eurasian chernozem belt that lies within Central Russia Palliser 's Triangle, Canada 's semi-arid grain production region Peak wheat References Jump up ^ John Mark Hansen, Gaining access : Congress and the farm lobby, 1919 - 1981 ( 1991 ) p, 138 Jump up ^ Thomas F. McIlwraith and Edward K. Muller, North America : the historical geography of a changing continent ( 2001 ) p, 186 ^ Jump up to : Hart ( 1986 ) Jump up ^ U.S. Department of Agriculture Jump up ^ Corn Belt, Encyclopædia Britannica Online Jump up ^ USDA State Fact sheets Jump up ^ Edward L. Schapsmeier and Frederick H. Schapsmeier, Prophet in Politics : Henry A. Wallace and the War Years, 1940 - 1965 ( 1970 ) p, 234 Jump up ^ Smith, C. Wayne., Javier Betrán, and E.C.A. Runge. Corn : Origin, History, Technology, and Production. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2004. page 4. Print Jump up ^ `` Ecological Regions of North America : Toward a Common Perspective '' ( PDF ). Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 1997. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Ecoregion Maps and GIS Resources ''. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2008 - 04 - 10. Further reading Anderson, J.L. Industrializing the Corn Belt : Agriculture, Technology, and Environment, 1945 - 1972 ( 2009 ) 238 pp. ISBN 978 - 0 - 87580 - 392 - 0 Bogue, Allan. From Prairie to Corn Belt : Farming on the Illinois and Iowa Prairies in the Nineteenth Century ( 1963 ) excerpt and text search Cayton, Andrew, et al. eds. The American Midwest : An Interpretive Encyclopedia ( 2006 ) excerpt and text search Hart, John Fraser. `` Change in the Corn Belt, '' Geographical Review, Jan 1986, Vol. 76 # 1 pp 51 -- 72 Hudson, John C. Making the Corn Belt : A Geographical History of Middle - Western Agriculture ( 1994 ) Power, Richard Lyle. Planting Corn Belt Culture : The Impress of the Upland Southerner and Yankee in the old Northwest ( 1953 ) Snapp, Roscoe R. Beef Cattle Their Feeding and Management in the Corn Belt States ( 1950 ) Smith, C. Wayne, et al. Corn : Origin, History, Technology, and Production ( 2004 ) online edition Wallace, Henry Agard. Henry A. Wallace 's Irrigation Frontier : On the Trail of the Corn Belt Farmer 1909 15 articles written by Wallace in 1909 ; 1991 edition edited by Richard Lowitt, and Judith Fabry External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maize. `` Belt '' regions of the United States Banana Bible Bison Black Alabama Borscht Corn Cotton Frost Fruit Jell - O Lead Pine Rice Rust Salt Snow Stroke Sun Unchurched Coordinates : 41 ° N 90 ° W ﻿ / ﻿ 41 ° N 90 ° W ﻿ / 41 ; - 90 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corn_Belt&oldid=836196110 '' Categories : Agricultural production in the United States Agriculture in Illinois Agriculture in Indiana Agriculture in Iowa Agriculture in Kansas Agriculture in Michigan Agriculture in Ohio Agriculture in Minnesota Agriculture in Missouri Agriculture in Nebraska Agriculture in Wisconsin Economy of the Midwestern United States Midwestern United States Belt regions of the United States Maize production Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Català Čeština Deutsch Español Français Gaeilge Italiano עברית 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Simple English Українська 中文 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 13 April 2018, at 07 : 53. 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