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3mo ago

Percentage of Each State Taken Up by Corn Fields

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No Data = Stealth Corn
- Honestly it fits my theory that one of the Dakotas doesn't really exist.
  It's probably where all the birds are controlled from.
  
  One of them certainly shouldn't exist. The fact that that area is split into two states is only to have two more Republican Senators.
- Imaginary corn. Like John Peters, you know, the farmer, grows.

Get your shit together, Alaska!
- Embarrassing
  “No data“ it at that point

Could you imagine living in Hawaii and not having readily available corn fields? How would I do all my corn field based activities?
- I was literally just thinking that we need more corn fields here
  
  Ohio is nice this time of year and all the kids are taking about it.

TIL most US corn is Republican
- The second highest on this map, illinois, is a Dem state
  
  To be fair, the corn isn’t growing in the blue part of Illinois
  
  Multiple counties in Illinois voted in favor of exploring secession from the state because they don't like how Chicago turns the state blue. It would definitely be a red state without us.
  
  Only because of Chicago & C(r)ook County. Virtually the rest of Illinois is red.
  
  Yup, and Michigan and Wisconsin are swing states. It’s still the vast majority.

This makes me wonder what the map creator considers a green amount of corn to be lol. 100%?
- To be fair, corn is yellow
- And how do we have NO DATA about the crops growing in any state?
  
  Corn has consumed anyone who could answer.
- 0.4 and 0.7% are different colors, but 10 and 37% are the same

Hard to believe there is no data on corn fields in the home state of the Corn Palace.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Palace
- It's roughly 13%, looked up a more recent map because I was curious about the "garden state" I grew up in. I know we're the most densely populated but not even 2% seemed surprising with how many corn fields I pass by while driving.
  https://brilliantmaps.com/percentage-corn-fields/

I don't agree with the color choice. Green would've been much nicer.
- It all should have been shades of yellow.

Why are you telling me which states have no data?
I thought this was about corn?

We are the children...of ethanol.

Indiana Beach commercials did not lie to me after all!

There is a massive swing in each of those colors.
- Yeah, 10%, 20%, and 37% should each be ~~buffet~~ different colors.
  Damn autocorrect

Monocultures are environmentally devastating btw.

Really? Only 0.4%?
Because it sure feels like there's way more corn here than that.
- If you’re referring to CA, it’s % of the entire state. Think of how much of CA is arid, mountainous, or otherwise unsuitable for corn or other agriculture.
- You're probably seeing mostly grapes, tomatoes, cotton and cannabis, as well as grains that aren't corn?
  
  I definitely see more corn than all of those other things combined. And it's not even for human consumption; it's for the cows.

Having lived in Chicagoland, what are the corn growing incentives there?! Every empty field in the city is full of corn. Seems smart.
- Drainage and flood risk. Chicago is basically a swamp. Idk about every lot, there's probably ridiculous tax loopholes and kick backs, etc what with it being Illinois. But there's a lot of shit land in and around Chicago

I can't imagine 1/3 of everything you see in an entire state being corn.
- Try driving through it. It's horrible.
  
  Can confirm. I live in the Midwest.

Having flown over Iowa in a small plane many times this checks out
- Living in Iowa, this checks out. All I know is corn.
  
  Having lived in Iowa, the number honestly feels a little low. I guess the soybeans have to grow somewhere.

I'll be honest, I thought Ohio would be higher...
- The other 87% of Ohio is soy beans

if the numbers seem low dont forget about soy. and maybe wheat or alfalfa

Drove through North Dakota once. It was all corn for hours. Absolutely stupid amounts.

As a foreigner, based on my road trip from Houston to Port Fourchon in Louisiana, I would have thunk those two percentages would've been substantially higher. Especially Louisiana.
- It's cheaper to grow corn closer to the main roads.

ayyyy lifelong nebraska resident here! you can absolutely tell if you ever drive through here, shit’s ALL farmland.

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