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Which States Produce The Most Food In America?
« on: Monday, Jul 13, 2026 09:22 am »
Which States Produce The Most Food In America?

Using the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), this graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, ranks every state by its agricultural production value in 2024.


I'll note that the graphic depicts all agricultural activity, not just for food.

E.G - 57% of Iowa's corn crop is devoted to ethanol.
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Re: Which States Produce The Most Food In America?
« Reply #1 on: Monday, Jul 13, 2026 09:45 am »
The midwest is the breadbasket of the world.  Too bad asswipes coastal elites think they are just a bunch of uneducated rubes in need of being ruled by blue state elected officials who want to eliminate of the EC.
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, Jul 13, 2026 09:53 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on Monday, Jul 13, 2026 09:22 am
E.G - 57% of Iowa's corn crop is devoted to ethanol.

And if it didn't, corn would be less than $3 a bushel, and most farmers broke.
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, Jul 13, 2026 06:46 pm »
Per capita, the Dakotas lead the pack.
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Quote from: Free Vulcan on Monday, Jul 13, 2026 09:53 am
And if it didn't, corn would be less than $3 a bushel, and most farmers broke.
Perhaps some need to die off rather than sucking off the tit of others, producing a product that damages us rather than feed us, and also makes us weaker.

The extraordinary prices of farmland there would certainly go down, which should be a good thing as they are propped up artificially.

BTW, I also am in the agricultural business as I raise cattle and grow hay, and know first hand the cost of fertilizer, heavy equipment and markets.  And I do not take subsidies as I plow through a tough way to earn money.
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Perhaps some need to die off rather than sucking off the tit of others, producing a product that damages us rather than feed us, and also makes us weaker.

The extraordinary prices of farmland there would certainly go down, which should be a good thing as they are propped up artificially.

BTW, I also am in the agricultural business as I raise cattle and grow hay, and know first hand the cost of fertilizer, heavy equipment and markets.  And I do not take subsidies as I plow through a tough way to earn money.

We tried that during the Rust Belt and we never recovered.
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We tried that during the Rust Belt and we never recovered.

Henry Ford set the buggy whip industry back quite a bit and the country survived. End the boondoggles! Every last one of them!
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