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Top 12 States for Harvested Corn Acreage-2007 Cropland Data Layers
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
This map illustrates the predominance of corn grown throughout the midwestern United States in comparison to all other crops and noncrop land-cover categories. Harvested corn includes corn for grain/silage, sweet corn, popcorn, and ornamental corn.
The categorized Cropland Data Layer (CDL) imagery shown on the map was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The CDL is used within NASS to generate supplemental acreage estimates of commodities for major agricultural states.
Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Authored by
Claire Boryan, Mike Craig, Dave M. Johnson, Bob Seffrin, Patrick Willis, and Lee Ebinger
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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Software
ArcGIS Desktop 9.2, Rulequest See5, ERDAS Imagine 9.1
Printer
HP Designjet 5500 ps
Data Sources
Resourcesat-1 AWiFS, Terra MODIS, 2001 National Land Cover Dataset, Farm Service Agency Common Land Unit
