Corn Belt

"Grain Belt" redirects here. For the beer of the same name, see Grain Belt (beer).

Corn Belt
Agricultural or cultural region of the United States
2018 production of corn in the United States
2018 production of corn in the United States
Country United States
States Illinois
 Indiana
 Iowa
 Kansas
 Kentucky
 Michigan
 Minnesota
 Missouri
 Nebraska
 North Dakota
 Ohio
 South Dakota
 Wisconsin
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. In North America, corn is the common word for maize. More generally, the concept of the Corn Belt connotes the area of the Midwest dominated by farming and agriculture, though it stretches down into the South as well reaching into Kentucky.[1][2]

  1. ^ John Mark Hansen, Gaining access: Congress and the farm lobby, 1919–1981 (1991) p. 138
  2. ^ Thomas F. McIlwraith and Edward K. Muller, North America: the historical geography of a changing continent (2001) p, 186