Wheat Farming

Part of Oilseed & Grain Farming

Oilseed and Grain Farming includes establishments primarily engaged in growing oilseed and grain crops such as soybeans, corn, wheat, rice, barley, oats, sorghum, canola, sunflowers, and similar field crops. This subsector represents the single largest category of U.S. crop production by acreage, with corn and soybeans alone occupying well over half of all harvested cropland in the country. The Midwest Corn Belt — stretching from Ohio through Iowa and into the Dakotas — serves as the geographic center of gravity for this industry.

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