Because hybrid seed must be purchased each generation, seed sales per hybrid are significantly greater than for an inbred crop such as wheat or barley where seed may be saved back after each harvest for the next planting. Discussion about the relative area planted to corn vs. other cereals in the US are also relevant Question 5. 5 points for general patterns of usage. 5 points for why Idaho is different. Milling Fermentation Idaho's market is largely driven by local usage for diary and livestock.
Short seasons favor the use of silage and high moisture corn rather than grain.
US production based in the mid-west favors grain production because the lower moisture content increases storage life and reduces transportation costs. Much of the US corn production is stored and transported with a significant minority of the crop exported. You are given a new farm account in your job as an experienced and knowledgeable crop consultant for a local farm service. You go out to see Farmer Brown who has two irrigated fields to manage, a hard red spring wheat field and a corn field, both are following a potato crop. He asks for a nitrogen fertility recommendation and management program for to yield and optimum quality in the two crops.