Corn Belt

E12059
agricultural region economic region

The Corn Belt is a highly productive agricultural region in the central United States known for its intensive corn and soybean farming.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Corn Belt canonical 32
United States Corn Belt 15
American Corn Belt 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region ⓘ
economic region ⓘ
climateType humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantFarmingSystem intensive monoculture ⓘ
dominantLandUse row-crop agriculture ⓘ
economicImportance key region for biofuel feedstocks ⓘ
major contributor to U.S. agricultural exports ⓘ
major source of animal feed ⓘ
environmentalIssue loss of prairie ecosystems ⓘ
nutrient runoff ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
water quality impacts ⓘ
farmingCharacteristics high input use of fertilizers ⓘ
high input use of pesticides ⓘ
highly mechanized agriculture ⓘ
hasMajorCrop field corn ⓘ
forage crops ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
historicalDevelopment benefited from development of hybrid corn varieties ⓘ
benefited from mechanization of agriculture ⓘ
expanded rapidly in late 19th century ⓘ
includesState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
knownFor corn production ⓘ
high agricultural productivity ⓘ
soybean production ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Great Plains region

Midwestern United States ⓘ
mainGrain yellow dent corn ⓘ
partOf U.S. farm belt ⓘ
soilType fertile mollisols ⓘ
supportsIndustry corn processing ⓘ
ethanol production ⓘ
livestock feeding ⓘ
soybean processing ⓘ
typicalFarmSize large commercial farms ⓘ
usedFor animal feed production ⓘ
food ingredients production ⓘ
industrial corn products ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midwestern United States → contains → Corn Belt ⓘ
Iowa → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Adair County, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Scott County, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Corn Belt
Durant, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Corn Belt
Nebraska–Iowa region → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Siouxland region → borderedBy → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corn Belt region
Osceola County, Iowa → isPartOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Corn Belt
northwestern Iowa → agriculturalRegionOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Jasper County, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Missouri River Basin → containsEcoregion → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Corn Belt Plains
Cherokee County, Iowa → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Central United States → containsSubregion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Boone County, Indiana, United States → region → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Boone County, Indiana
Boone County, Illinois → isPartOfAgriculturalRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Northeastern Missouri → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Central Indiana → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Earling, Iowa → regionalContext → Corn Belt ⓘ
Burt County, Nebraska → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Royal, Illinois → isInCountryRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Iowa and Illinois → region → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Iowa
Iowa and Illinois → region → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Illinois
Page County → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Page County, Iowa
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Illinois and Indiana → sharesAgriculturalRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Greeley County, Kansas → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Great Plains agricultural region
Audubon County, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Rantoul, Illinois → isInAgriculturalRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Victor, Iowa → isPartOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
North English, Iowa → isInCulturalRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Corn Belt
Crawford County, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Illiopolis, Illinois → region → Corn Belt ⓘ
Williamsburg, Iowa → region → Corn Belt ⓘ
Grand Meadow, Minnesota → isPartOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Whitley County, Indiana → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Eastern Corn Belt
Fremont County, Iowa → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Corn Belt
Charlotte, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Midwest Corn Belt
Freeborn County, Minnesota → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Adams County → locatedInUSRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Adams County, Iowa
Wheatland, Iowa → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Delmar, Iowa → isInRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Jackson County, Minnesota → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Davis County, Iowa → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Hardwick, Minnesota → isInAgriculturalBelt → Corn Belt ⓘ
Frontier County, Nebraska, United States → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Frontier County, Nebraska
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt (periphery)
United States Census Bureau’s West North Central division → includesPartOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
Fisher, Illinois → locatedInRegion → Corn Belt ⓘ
Ogden, Illinois → region → Corn Belt ⓘ
Henry County, Illinois → partOf → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt
Fairmount, Indiana, United States → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairmount, Indiana
Union County, Indiana → locatedIn → Corn Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Corn Belt