Dataset of the Day: Maize/Corn Production in the USA
December 2nd, 2008by William Benjamin
Considering that the US produces 602.3 billion pounds of corn crop annually, I thought it would be interesting to map where most of our corn is coming from in the US. The type of corn, maize, which is the one most widely produced is a cousin to sweet corn that is a high-sugar variant. 99 percent of the US corn crop is actually the starchy, tough plant, known as maze. The following map shows the values, in metric tons (MT) of corn produced by each state. By clicking on a state you can see how much it produces.
If you are wondering where most of our corn is going, then here are a couple of the largest products of corn:
High fructose corn syrup= 28 billion pounds
Sweet corn (ears, canned, and frozen)= 5.8 billion pounds
Popularity: 7% [?]
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