Percentage of Each State Taken Up by Corn Fields

Can confirm. I live in the Midwest.

Try driving through it. It's horrible.

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

Corn has consumed anyone who could answer.

To be fair, corn is yellow

0.4 and 0.7% are different colors, but 10 and 37% are the same

And how do we have NO DATA about the crops growing in *any* state?

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.

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?

Shut your damn mouth nobody ever liked it here.

Ohio is nice this time of year and all the kids are taking about it.

I was literally just thinking that we need more corn fields here

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/

Having lived in Iowa, the number honestly feels a little low. I guess the soybeans have to grow somewhere.

Living in Iowa, this checks out. All I know is corn.

The other 87% of Ohio is soy beans

It's cheaper to grow corn closer to the main roads.

State borders are strange. Like why the part of Florida in the central time zone isn't just Alabama doesn't make sense to me.

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.

Honestly it fits my theory that one of the Dakotas doesn't really exist.

It's probably where all the birds are controlled from.

Imaginary corn. Like John Peters, you know, the farmer, grows.

Embarrassing

“No data“ it at that point

It all should have been shades of yellow.

It's funny that they need all those dirty tricks when they already have the massive electoral college advantage.

And then all that pales in comparison to people not voting. Needs to be mandatory like Australia. Send in a blank ballot if you're so against it but you *will* do it.

I just have been looking at numbers on election night or something.

There's still a lot of States that were extremely close and if it weren't for death by a thousand cuts, then Republicans would have no chance of winning. They have to have alll the voter disenfrachising, spiking the 2020 census in blue states, and all the other dirty tricks in order to win.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglg3klrpzo

I find that interesting yet hard to believe.

I tried to search for the info but Google is failing me and I'm too lazy to click a bunch of States on an interactive map.

Except Massachusetts apparently.

I was just looking at some of the recent voting data by state and one of the southwestern or Western states was only 6k votes from electing Harris. I think there were only about 100k votes total. Maybe it was Oklahoma?

Every state would be a red state without the major cities.

Not really. There's a bunch of tiny rural counties with less than 10k people in them that are. Most places are full of normal people. You forget that a lot of people don't vote, many other people don't understand what they're voting for. Most people wouldn't want anything to do with the Republican party if they understood their policies.

Yes it is. As a resident, I can attest that the corn is growing about damn near everywhere.

Never been to Chicagoland? Every empty field is filled in with corn. Smash a gas station flat? Now it's a cornfield.

I only found Minnesota and Illinois as consistently Democratic voting states. What’s the third?

Edit: I just saw Delaware.

How does Nebraska factor? Last election they were 2 votes blue three votes red.

still majority yes, but also minnesota is a solid blue state. It’s maybe like a 75/25 split which isn’t that radical.

In fact, of the yellows, there are 3 Democratic, 2 Swing States, and 5 Republican.

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.

The second highest on this map, illinois, is a Dem state

Yeah, 10%, 20%, and 37% should each be ~~buffet~~ different colors.

Damn autocorrect

No Data = Stealth Corn

Could you imagine living in Hawaii and not having readily available corn fields? How would I do all my corn field based activities?

Get your shit together, Alaska!

TIL most US corn is Republican

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

This makes me wonder what the map creator considers a green amount of corn to be lol. 100%?

We are the children...of ethanol.

Why are you telling me which states have no data?

I thought this was about corn?

I don't agree with the color choice. Green would've been much nicer.

Indiana Beach commercials did not lie to me after all!


Monocultures are environmentally devastating btw.

There is a massive swing in each of those colors.

Really? Only 0.4%?

Because it sure feels like there's way more corn here than that.

I can't imagine 1/3 of everything you see in an entire state being corn.

Having lived in Chicagoland, what are the corn growing incentives there?! Every empty field in the city is full of corn. Seems smart.

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

Having flown over Iowa in a small plane many times this checks out

I'll be honest, I thought Ohio would be higher...

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

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

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.