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Percentage of Each State Taken Up by Corn Fields (lemmy.world)
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[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 53 points 3 weeks ago

No Data = Stealth Corn

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

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

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

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] pomfegranate@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] JackLSauce@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

Get your shit together, Alaska!

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Embarrassing

“No data“ it at that point

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

TIL most US corn is Republican

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, the corn isn’t growing in the blue part of Illinois

[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Except Massachusetts apparently.

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[-] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 weeks ago

Only because of Chicago & C(r)ook County. Virtually the rest of Illinois is red.

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yup, and Michigan and Wisconsin are swing states. It’s still the vast majority.

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[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, corn is yellow

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Corn has consumed anyone who could answer.

[-] Xbeam@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 13 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It all should have been shades of yellow.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

We are the children...of ethanol.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

Why are you telling me which states have no data?

I thought this was about corn?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Indiana Beach commercials did not lie to me after all!

[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

There is a massive swing in each of those colors.

[-] billygoat@catata.fish 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

Damn autocorrect

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

Monocultures are environmentally devastating btw.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Really? Only 0.4%?

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

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

You're probably seeing mostly grapes, tomatoes, cotton and cannabis, as well as grains that aren't corn?

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Try driving through it. It's horrible.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Can confirm. I live in the Midwest.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The other 87% of Ohio is soy beans

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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