Corn Belt

Sort of a purple haze over the Corn Belt. Makes us sneeze, as well.

Scientists have detected the insecticide in a significant number of streams draining the great corn belt of the American mid-West.

They conclude that Corn Belt farmers should be prepared to control the disease with fungicides "next season and seasons to come. "

He says there's been a drop in cattle operations in key Corn Belt states including Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska.

"Acreage contraction especially in the higher-yielding corn belt, is likely to put some downward pressure on yield gains, " USDA said.

Across the southern states and into parts of the Corn Belt, sentinel soybean plots are being planted.

Recent rains across the upper Mississippi River area of the Corn Belt has led to fast rising river stages.

Dry weather in much of the corn belt continued to fuel the market which is expecting U.

The peak export period for the Center Gulf is about to get underway as crop harvests start in the Corn Belt.

The last time we had real weather problems in the corn belt was 1988, " said Tom Buis, the president of the National Farmers Union. "

The catch: E85 ethanol is hard to find outside certain parts of the Midwest corn belt.

Soybean yield prospects are reduced due to dry weather in the western Corn Belt and Plains.

Northeast China is an important corn production area, "the three golden corn belt" is located in Jilin province.

Corn is one of the main crop in China , and the Corn Belt in China is from Northeast to Southwest.

While harvest is making progress in the Western Corn Belt, progress has been delayed in the Eastern Corn Belt by wet conditions.

Farmers who support the government's ethanol policy argue that truly disastrous weather in the corn belt does not happen often.

eg. the corn belt of american alone comprises as many as half of the world total output.

There were times when Arlyn Schipper could almost feel heroic on his family farm in the heart of America's corn belt.

However, some recovery may occur ahead of planting season in the Corn Belt to prevent a further loss in acreage to corn.

The main area is the corn belt of the midwest USA.

And the ethanol industry still has a mighty hold on America's corn belt.

One authority concluded in 1914 that 40 per cent of the farms in the corn belt were operated by tenants.

The Corn Belt Debate: Crops Or Cattle?

Iowa is in the corn belt.

But not as dry as America's corn belt this summer.

The story could have been taken from last year's headlines when ethanol sparked an internecine war in both the Corn Belt and the Beltway.

In America's corn belt, for example, years of rain and harvests have gradually reduced the quantity of mineral in the soil.

Ethanol is rapidly transforming life in Iowa and the rest of the corn belt

Investigation on the Parasitoids and Pathogens of the Asian Corn Borer Overwintering Larvae in Corn Belt of China

Agriculture Report: Rains Help Ease Crop Worries in U. S. Corn Belt

The percent of Sample acreage &production to Corn Belt

The acreage and production in Corn Belt and whole country

U. S. Select Corn Belt States Weather Summary