Corn Belt

American  

noun

1. a region in the midwestern U.S., especially Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, excellent for raising corn and cornfed livestock.

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Etymology

Origin of Corn Belt

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Some rain is arriving to Corn Belt states this week, which may alleviate some of this pressure, says Flynn.

From The Wall Street Journal

Corn Belt — which makes up less than 1% of the area of the planet — did not warm as projected.

From Los Angeles Times

"When we traced those downstream emissions, we found they could potentially account for one-third of the total nitrous oxide emissions within the Corn Belt region."

From Science Daily

With observations in the United States Corn Belt, the KGML-ag framework significantly surpasses both process-based and pure machine learning models in accuracy, especially with limited data.

From Science Daily

Researchers who used satellite data to examine over 90,000 fields in six Corn Belt states found cover crops can reduce yields of cash crops — the bushels per acre.

From Seattle Times