Corn Belt

American

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of Corn Belt

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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That’s right at the beginning of the time when Corn Belt farmers typically prepare their soil for planting, including the first applications of fertilizer.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Corn Belt leading to lost crops to bring prices up to profitable levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Everett Cecil Titterington was born Aug. 25, 1920, in the heart of America’s Corn Belt, in a town of 440 residents, close to the Minnesota border.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

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 • Feb. 22, 2024

Maybe you would drive Helen and me over to Corn Belt U. some time tomorrow or the next day so we could see about registration?

From Janet Hardy in Radio City by Wheeler, Ruthe S.

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