HOWEVER, while California is NOT in the top 11 corn producing states we can be counted in the eager consumers column or calculations. US Corn Production By State: The Top 11 Rankings [in 2022] | CropProphet
Production Rankings: 2021 RankStateProduction (M bu)
RANK
|
STATE |
PRODUCTION (M bu)
|
1 |
IOWA |
2552.2 |
2 |
ILLINOIS |
2191.7 |
3 |
NEBRASKA |
8154.6 |
4 |
MINNESOTA |
1395.5 |
What we do know about celebrating CORN!
- The National Corn Growers Association has a free VIRTUAL-only programming for CUTC 2022 (Corn Utilization & Technology Conference), focused on new uses of corn and mycotoxins! CUTC Virtual 2022 (ncga.com)
- The NCGA statistics for 2018 Home (ncga.com)
- 21.4 million metric tons of corn and corn co-products were exported to Mexico and Canada
- Valued at $4.56 billion
- Minnesota
- August 17-21, 2022 Corn-on-the-Cob Days is a five-day celebration of “Everything Corn” that is unique to Plainview.
- Corn On The Cob Days in Plainview, MN (corncobdays.com)
- NCGA Corn Yield Contest includes 9 production categories based on growing practices, and the national contest ranks the top three growers in each category.
- The 27 national winners (2021) had verified yields averaging more than 376 bushels per acre, compared to the projected national average of 177 bushels per acre nationwide.
- The highest yield of the contest across all production categories was achieved by David Hula, topping 600 bushels per acre 2021 Corn Yield Contest winners announced (farmprogress.com)
- American farmers grow five times more corn than they did in the 1930s – on 20% less land! (USDA)
- Only 1% of the corn grown in the U.S. is sweet corn for humans. The rest is field corn used for livestock feed and ethanol. Nebraska Corn Farmers: Sustaining Innovation | Nebraska Corn Board
- While Corn is the #1 crop grown in American it is not a topic discussed heavily by Congress....except Senator Grassley of Iowa. He made a comment in 2019 about his efforts to keep CORN in the discussion.
"Mr. President, in honor of the Iowa Department of Agriculture's Sweet <mark>Corn</mark> Days yesterday, I would like to highlight the strong agricultural sector of my State of Iowa. Many people don't know how you get from the seed to the <mark>corn</mark> on the <mark>cob</mark> you are used to seeing on your dinner table. That is one reason, particularly for city people, that I started the hashtag ``<mark>Corn</mark> Watch'' series on my Instagram. Each week I post an update with the progress of how the crop is growing on my farm in New Hartford, IA. It is a small way to show nonfarmers how Iowa feeds and fuels the world. I yield the floor."
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/7/11/senate-section/article/s4779-4
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