US Crops – Where Are They Grown? (2024)

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US Crops – Where Are They Grown? ›

Corn, soybeans, barley and oats

In fact, California leads the nation in the growth and production of many different crops – and some are grown ONLY in California*. Let's take a look. *This means that according to CDFA statistics, California grows 99% of the commercially produced crop in the United States.

In fact, in 2016, close to 90% of the food and beverage products consumed in America were produced in the U.S. According to the USDA, in 2021 the top five producing states were California, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and Minnesota and the leading farm products in the U.S. were cattle, corn, soybeans, milk and other dairy ...

Photo by Scott Bauer. Corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, and hay account for 90% of harvested acreage in the United States. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown for both animal feed and human consumption. Cotton is used to make clothing and other products.

farms and ranches, California produces over 13 % percent of the nation's agricultural production value.

American consumers seek a safe, diverse, and abundant food supply that is simultaneously affordable and available throughout the year. To help meet these consumer demands, the United States imports about 15 percent of its overall food supply.

U.S. imports of wheat grain, mostly from Canada, have grown from less than 0.1 million metric tons in the 1970s to an average of 2.4 million metric tons over the last 10 complete marketing years (2013/14–2022/23).

Yes, the U.S. is self-sufficient in food production. The U.S. is the #1 producer of corn in the world, the #1 producer of soybeans in the world, the #3 producer of wheat in the world, the #5 producer of potatoes in the world, the #10 producer of sugarcane in the world and the #12 producer of rice in the world.

California ranks first in the U.S. for agricultural cash receipts followed by Iowa, Texas, Nebraska and Illinois.

Despite the rapid growth, less than 1 percent of the U.S. food supply comes from China.

What is America's largest cash crop? ›

Corn, soybeans account for more than half of the 2022 U.S. crop cash receipts. Crop cash receipts totaled $278.2 billion in calendar year 2022. Receipts from corn and soybeans accounted for $148.5 billion (53.4 percent) of the total.

The largest United States crop in terms of total production is corn, the majority of which is grown in a region known as the Corn Belt.

Tomatoes - the world's most popular vegetable.

Cannabis is estimated to be the largest cash crop in California with a value of more than $11 billion.

Canada and the European Union are the two largest suppliers of U.S. agricultural imports, followed by Mexico.

Many of California's specialty crops (such as almonds, artichokes, and broccoli) are grown almost nowhere else in the country. Specialty crops face a variety of climate-related challenges.

States with the most amount of farms

Research from the Extension Agricultural Economics shows that Texas consistently has the most farms out of all U.S. states, ranking first in cattle, sheep, goat, and cotton sales.

Although agricultural activity occurs in every U.S. state, it is particularly concentrated in the Central Valley of California and in the Great Plains, a vast expanse of flat arable land in the center of the nation, in the region west of the Great Lakes and east of the Rocky Mountains.

The largest United States crop in terms of total production is corn, the majority of which is grown in a region known as the Corn Belt. The second largest crop grown in the United States is soybeans. As with corn, soybeans are primarily grown in the Midwestern states.