Crops Grown in the United States

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Crops Grown in the United States

• AP Human Geography
• Agricultural Geography

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A Look at Cropland as a Whole
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of Land in Farms
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The 100 Degree Meridian Separating Humid from Dry
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Corn the Corn Belt Iowa and Illinois
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Soybeans similar to corn, many uses milk,
meat substitutes, dressings, cosmetics, tofu,
paint thinner
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Winter Wheat centered around Kansas planted in
autumn, strong roots through winter, harvested in
early summer
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Spring Wheat - centered around North Dakota
winters too harsh, so plant in spring and harvest
late summer
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Dairy Dairy Belt around Great Lakes
(Wisconsin to NY, VT, and Maine)
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Turkeys and Chickens (Broilers) Appalachians,
on worst land
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Sorghum top of the plant used for molasses,
bottom used for animal feed
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Rice needs water to grow!!
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Cotton
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Tobacco
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Tomatoes
Also New Jersey and Delaware for truck farming
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Herding and Ranching
Cattle ranched throughout the U.S. Sheep in the
western U.S. and Alaska
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Peanuts
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Sugarcane
PLUS Hawaii
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Oranges/Citrus
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Grapes

• Produced for wines in
• California
• New York (including Long Island)

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Sugar Beets