farm belt

American  

noun

1. an area or region noted principally for farming.

2. (initial capital letters)  the central states of the midwestern U.S., in which agriculture is significant.

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Example Sentences

A dedicated potash supply would help shield Brazil’s harvests from geopolitical shocks like Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, when record potash prices sent panic through the country’s farm belt.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The tactic kills two birds with one stone. It deprives America's farm belt of a once‑captive market and burnishes China's food security credentials," says Marina Yue Zhang, associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney's Australia-China Relations Institute.

From BBC

Farmers were hammered by retaliatory tariffs during Trump’s first term as badly as the rest of us will be damaged in his second; farm bankruptcies soared, as did Farm Belt suicides.

From Salon

She took field trips into the San Joaquin Valley farm belt to learn about California’s severe water problems.

From Los Angeles Times

Golden State voters held unusual power in the national fight this year, with the suburbs of Orange County, the Central Valley’s farm belt and desert communities around Palm Springs and Lancaster playing an outsized role in shaping the next Congress.

From Los Angeles Times